New smart clothing will help regulate body temperature

The University of Bath and the London College of Fashion are working on biometric clothing which will help you to release your seed. Uh, metaphorically that is. See, they're currently researching a special material with teeny tiny "spikes" that react to your sweaty meat sack (read: skin) to regulate airflow — when you get warm the spikes open, when you get cold they close. Just like the system used by pine cones to drop their seeds, dig? Expect to see this new material on display at Expo 2005 in Japan starting March 2006.

[Thanks, FSK1138]

[Alex M @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

Now all we need is something for diabetics to give insulin and we're all done...

[Gil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

so you get all sweaty and then it opens releasing your BO all around you until you're dry. Then repeat.

Isn't this bioweapon research? :D

[ione @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

Gil: I think the point is that this material could reduce sweating - the warmer your skin is, the more the spikes open up, so you won't become all sweaty.

[Gil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

yes I know. Clever really but it was a joke just waiting to happen. The picture also shows that it turns impermeable when rain hits it. I would love a jacket that breathes normally and when it rains doesn't get soaked.

[Justin Winokur @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

I find this suit funny because isn;t the whole point of being warm-blooded is that we can regulate our own body temperature?

[Brian @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

I never want to see "release your seed" and "sweaty meat sack" in the same paragraph again.

[Scott @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

New technology called "layering" will help regulate body temperature

Babylon, 561 BC- Scientists at the University of Mesopotamia have discovered that wearing different thicknesses and weights of clothing articles can help regulate body temperature over widely varying outside conditions. Their research indicates that an item called the "t-shirt", a thin cotton garment worn over the torso, makes an ideal first layer. When followed by a thicker garment called a "sweater", the two act in harmony to keep the wearer warm when the weather gets chilly. When outside temperature rises excessively, the user can remove the "sweater" to achieve a greater rate of cooling.

The researchers are working on yet another layer to provide warmth during conditions of extreme cold, although this is still at the theoretical stage. Such a layer, dubbed the "jacket", would provide robust insulation against extreme cold, and possibly provide protection against precipitation.

Scientists expect the layered t-shirt and sweater technology to be commercially available sometime before 500 BC.

[Blake @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

One question, power source?

[Mike S @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

"Expect to see this new material on display at Expo 2005 in Japan starting March 2006."

Ummm... so how innovative and forward thinking will the other products at the Expo 2005 be in March of 2006?

... will there be a display of PowerPC G3 chips at next year's Apple Intel Expo?

;)

[Gil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

Blake: It's a material. It doesn't need a power source (the heat is enough for it)

[Finished.Law.School @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

But will it help eliminate the stench of flatulence?

[hall @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

it will make you more comfortable

[Tomun @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

The expo is of course this year.

See here:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/pr/releases/smart-clothes.htm
http://www.expo2005.com/expo_facts.htm

[fistpittingnork @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

On display at the Expo 2005 in Japan starting March 2006 huh?

That reminds me of when I went to Woodstock '99 back in 2001.. Was anybody else there?

[Lohgan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM]

Mamals already have this. Its called "fur" and "goosebumps", although the combination is used for cold weather insulation.