Now, a first-of-its-kind horse slicker with a specially designed liner could be able to “tell” the horse’s human caregivers of increasing chronic diseases. A new study by Purdue University engineers ...

The City Slicker has a 2.1 kWh Li-ion battery while the Zero SR has nearly seven times the battery capacity at 14.4 kWh. The Zero is the obvious winner here, since more is usually better.

To add the e-textile capabilities to the slicker, the Purdue team developed a dual regime spray and technique to directly embed a pre-programmed pattern of functional nanomaterials into the slicker’s ...

But the slicker is back, and in streamlined versions that can be worn as coolly in the city as at sea. The origins of the slicker date to 19th-century Britain, when cloth coats were treated with ...

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday unveiled the sleek reversible slicker (right), which he said replaces the “cumbersome and difficult-to-wear” version in use since 1988.