self-poofing fabric

[OgreJon]

Interesting new fabric which may be very useful for backpackers:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/semic...shirt-to-parka

It is just in the prototype phase now, so it may be a while (if ever) before it is available, but seems like it would be of interest to hiking/backpacking clothing manufacturers.

[H I T C H]

That is really cool!


Hitch

[Kookork]

Very smart idea. with all these inventions helping hikers I guess in 20 years a 10 pounds base weight is considered uber heavy.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Interesting new fabric which may be very useful for backpackers:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/semic...shirt-to-parka

It is just in the prototype phase now, so it may be a while (if ever) before it is available, but seems like it would be of interest to hiking/backpacking clothing manufacturers.

Sounds like it may be available in actual garments as early as next year. From the linked article:

Since the fabric is made of commodity materials and the manufacturing process is just like that used to produce other fabrics, the team at Otherlab (including Brent Ridley, Jean Chang, and Leah Bryson) says it should be able to scale up from fabric samples to actual garments within the next year.

Pretty good idea!