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The Future Of Clothes
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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)
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