Thoughts On Space Exploration

Given that the idea of sending humans out in space has a following, there are also alternatives. Particularly now with the evolution of Virtual Reality we could send robots instead, the size of these will not matter, as cameras can be smaller than eyes and sensory input from robots could be scaled up, hence one could do remote exploration if we could achieve faster travel speeds. We could experience being near other planets and feel them, if we had material able to withstand conditions on some planets, the sensory input from such robots could be tuned to scale to an emotional sensory input to the explorer in VR and hence not be overwhelming, with the ability to tune the experience. It might of course also be virtually induced, we could literally make new planets for that matter, but for the matter of what we call actual space exploration, there are many thoughts on the subject.

We could consider remote working in space through robotics and VR/sensing/manipulation and of course both scale and shape of the other-end robotics or vessels of experience/manipulation could be approached with wild fantasy and imagination, not limited to standard sets of "reinventing the wheel" by making something human like in the other end either.

Work could be done to achieve harvesting/mining at other planets if we could get faster travel to other planets back and forth.

We could have new condos in space like in some semirecent sci-fi movies.

The Future Of Clothes

Seeing a future where we have areas with very varied weather conditions, and also us wanting to get more out of the potential for evolution within clothing, there are a number of elements that will play a role in the coming time of design and innovation of what clothes of the future can be for humans. Some loose thoughts on what clothing could go towards of potential in a world of innovation and new technologies for making them.

 Commonly Known Key Components In Clothing Designs

Ease Of Use, Looks / Fashion, Arenas Of Use, Seasons, Climate Changes.

Synthetic Biology Protocells, 3D sewing machines and more.

3D Printing of textiles already have evolved in creating intelligent pieces of fabric of assorted purpose.

With new "textile" fabrication when combining 3D printing technologies in a new way to sew fabric in sheets that can be made into wearable clothes, we can see a whole new area of venture into exploring new capabilities of fabric.

The fabrics we are used to have characteristics as structure and texture, softness, how easy they fit, and how they feel while wearing them.

Imagine then that fabric could be intelligent, with the addition of innovation and technology on a nano/micro scale inside the fabric "sewn" you can imagine automatic cooling and heating networks imprinted, hence clothes that sense if you need to cool an area of your body, or heat it, to your liking. Disposal of sweat through micro-channeling of sweat-removal mechanisms at micro/nano level, think nanobots as a fabric.

The intelligent clothes could have both animation and visual characteristics of a new generation too, changing colors based on surroundings, even communication properties that could be attuned to connect with the AR and VR agenda.

Challenge: Cleaning of clothes, what could be done to make self-cleaning clothes? What if you would not need to clean your clothes, ever? They cleaned themselves?

More to come..

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References:

MIT Professor Creates 3D Printed Wearable Skin

Technical Textiles Market To Reach $193,7-billion By 2020 E-Textiles at wikipedia, Conductive Ink Ushers In The Next Generation Of Wearable Technology (2015), Non Wetting Fabric That Drains Sweat Invented (2013), Ultra Thin Flexible Transparent Can Wrap Around A Hair, Poseidon: 3D Printed Collar Inspired By Shark Scales, Behind Clothing Innovation: Smart Textiles (2015)

3D Printed Trainers Synthetic Biology Protocells