SUNNYVALE – US sustainable textile start-up LifeLabs has developed an ultra-packable and breathable fabric that as well as being made from 97% recycled and bio-based content, uses a nano-metallic coating that uses less than one paper clip worth of metal.
LifeLabs Design, which seeks to bring to market the work of researchers at Stanford University in California, says that the WarmLife fabric can be used to create warmer, breathable apparel using less material.
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