Due to the abnormal heat, the trend seems to be to create clothing that can control body temperature as soon as possible. So, the Japanese presented clothes made of nanoelements that can cool a person or warm his body
You can recall how in the famous science fiction film "Back to the Future" the main character, having moved many years ahead, got a jacket that was able to dry and clean itself. But already in the Land of the Rising Sun, prototypes of clothes are presented, which have much broader functionality.
In particular, we are talking about a technological novelty, which is presented at the Tokyo exhibition Micromachine / MEMS exhibition. Unusual clothing designed by the Japanese research group Life BEANS. It is interesting that when the declared development is implemented in life, many people on Earth, exhausted by the unbearable heat in summer or winter cold, will breathe a sigh of relief.
The fact is that new wardrobe items - a woman's dress or a man's formal suit - will serve as an air conditioner or a heating battery for the human body. Indeed, people have been relying too long on the methods of weather protection that were familiar to our distant ancestors with stone axes - now the finger of technological progress should also touch fashion.
In fact, the clothes of the next decade should become a real gadget based on nanotechnology. When a person is cold, nanofibers, when activated, will give off heat to the user, and in hot weather, on the contrary, absorb it, giving precious coolness. In addition, the entire suit will become a device that can collect data, record it and transfer it to other devices.
In particular, the sleeve of a jacket brought to the ear will become a mobile phone. The scarf will also work as a memory card. Well, in general, clothes will begin to register the physical activity and mental state of people in order to transfer this data to a computer, which would already analyze them and give advice on improving the user's life.
As confirmed by a researcher at the Institute of Solid State Physics at the University of Vienna and the laboratory of spectroscopy of nanomaterials at the Institute of General Physics. A. M. Prokhorov Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Chernov, the desire to make such technological clothes and, in general, the introduction of nanotechnology into everyday life has become a popular topic for many research groups in recent years.
According to him, the main areas of research are the creation of fabrics with antibacterial properties, capable of self-cleaning and having protection from external influences. The reason for this is the fact that nanoscale materials have new chemical, physical and biological properties. It is thanks to this that when they are added to the fabric, you can achieve greater functionality of everyday things.
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“Embedding carbon nanotubes in fibers, for example, is creating 'wearable electronics.' That is, you can add an electronic circuit to your clothes, - emphasized Mr. Chernov. - Since a person generates heat, this energy can be spent on the operation of electronics built into the fabric. As a result, a person is cooled, and at the same time, energy is used to perform other functions - for example, data transmission, etc. If energy can be saved, it seems obvious that it is possible to generate heat and warm a person."
Artem Mikhailov