Future Apple devices and accessories may use buttons made from fabric, a concept that could help with the design of unique hardware and peripherals, as well as eliminating the need for current styles ...

Apple has presented the patents in the past, including ones for making fabric buttons that are meant to be stitched to HomePods. A new patent shows several uses for smart fabric that has sensors and ...

Apple is working on new ways to use fabrics as part of the design of its devices and accessories, including a system for adjusting how tight a piece of fabric is at specific locations, and creating ...

"Designers will have another major tool to add into their designs." This is an Inside Science story. A wearable interactive display made of a flexible, breathable electronic fabric can display simple ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa — In an old warehouse in Muscatine, Iowa, there's a treasure trove of buttons with a storied history along the Mississippi River. The warehouse was part of a button factory that dates ...