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The last Christmas my mother gave me
a beautiful jacket. It fitted me perfect, but the color was awful, so I spent
the whole December 26th uselessly trying to find another one.
Common problems like this could be
solved with the following invention: a nanotech-including fabric that can change
of colour as many times as you please.
This nanotechnology was developed—firstly
with military and camouflage purpose—by Professor Yoel Fink and his colleagues
of the Department of Material Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). Combining two extremely thin layers of glass and plastic, Scientifics created
a fabric capable to reflex the light in different ways, changing the colour
that viewers perceive. Additionally, the military clothes include an invisible
bar code (only visible using especial glasses) to identify friend and foes in
the battlefield.
In the fashion industry, this
discovery certainly will be a revolution. Could you imagine yourself wearing a
plain black, gray or navy blue dress or suit for work, and then to change it
into a more exciting colour to go dancing after work? MIT graduate
student, and member of Dr. Fink staff, Shandon Hart is working on making this
fabric commercial, adding a small battery which provides the electric impulse needed
to change the internal structure of the fabric; thus, its colour.
Timothy M. Gunn, chair of design
department at Parsons School of Design in New York, said that this is “incredibly
revolutionary,” envisioning its use in clubs, celebrity parties and red
carpets. He also predicts that at the beginning it may be used in accessories,
as hats, scarves and clutches; for men in jackets and shoes. In the field of home design, he said that it may be use in
curtains and tablecloths.
Do you buy and wear a
changing-colour piece of clothes or it is too much?
This makes me recall all my childhood memories of The Jetsons. I think technology is developing so fast that even fashion is affected by it. Personally, I would love to wear something that can change it owns colors depending of what I want. Also, in a way, would be really convinient because sometimes we really like one jacket and we would love to have it in a lot of colors but we can't afford them. Therefore, this would be a perfect present for someone who really needs to have good cloth for everyday work. We must stay open minded and let every field of human's creation be connected.
ReplyDeleteI would definitively buy it, but I would not see it as a whim, but as a necessity for me. Think about the time one could save up by not having firstly, to spend time in the mall buying and secondly pondering options on what to wear every single morning! I call this efficiency!
ReplyDeletethis would be absolutely great, we usually have similar clothes, but in different colors, this would save us money, time and even space in our wardrobe. with this we would need only a couple of basic pieces of clothing to have different looks for days.
ReplyDeleteIs funny how science have helped to developed clothe and fashion, it would be great to change your clothe colour or its design. I would be pleasant to hear if one day clothe companies design clothe that would be size changeable, imagine that, your favourite clothe would be with you through your growing up process. The problem is that it wouldn’t be a profitable business for companies and economy.
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