Cellular textiles is an alternative way of producing textiles that is very different than both knitting and weaving. Cellular textiles are a "reinforced composite with evenly distributed cell size has the characteristics of light weight, high impact strength, and ... to be used as energy..."
Production Cellular Textiles, produced using additive manufacturing, are defined by their complex interlocking parts. A single base unit geometry is created, with variable parts. By repeating these base units over a surface while changing their parts, textiles with varying properties can be created.
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