September 23, 2010 at 20:41Liquid clothes fit any size
Outfits based on "liquid clothing" were shown on September 21 at a show at Imperial College London .
More than 300 representatives from industry, academia, fashion houses, and the media came to college to see Dr. Manel Torres, a Spanish fashion designer and academic, demonstrate the technology he has been developing over the past 10 years.
Dr. Torres, in collaboration with Professor Paul Luckham of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, created a solution called Fabrican (Fabrican Spray-on fabric). This technology allows you to create clothes that will perfectly fit the figure by spraying liquid material directly on the human body.
(under the cut video, photo and text)
On the video you can observe the process of creating t-shirts.
The main component of Fabrician Spray grout is cotton fibers. In addition, there are polymers and solvents that provide the liquid structure of the material and its quick drying. As for the latter, after applying the “new clothes” dries at the same speed as our skin.
After the material dries, the clothes can be removed and even ironed. And if you get bored, then it can always be dissolved to the state of the initial mass of cotton fibers and try to create something else.
According to the authors of the technology, in this way you can create any elements of everyday clothing. From underwear to hats.
In the video, you can watch the show last night, Dr. Torres demonstrates the clothes created using Fabrican Spray and the stages of its manufacture.
“When I first started my work on this project, I really wanted to make futuristic, seamless, fast and comfortable material,” says Dr. Torres. “In search of such material, I eventually returned to the principles of the early textile industry, such as felt, which is also produced by the adoption of fibers. I decided to find a way to bind the fibers to each other without weaving and dumping them. As an artist, I wanted to create material from which unique things can be easily done, and as a scientist, I must concentrate on making them easy to process. “I want to show how science and technology can help designers come up with new materials and open new horizons.”
Torres and Luckham have already created Fabrican Ltd to explore various applications for their development. According to them, the priority potential areas of application are: medicine, hygiene products, air fresheners, upholstery for furniture and cars.
Inventors emphasize that with their development they would like not only to introduce innovative technologies in various industries, but also to create a new tool for creative expression.
“The Imperial College of London works with cultural organizations and seeks to engage in creative partnerships to show how science, technology and medicine can capture people's imagination and develop new ways to make life better,” says Sir Kay O'Nion ( Sir Keith O'Nions), Rector of Imperial College London.
Gag:
I would like to test such clothes. Some kind of shorts-t-shirt-wit hacking for myself to make one-piece)
PS Who the subject was interested in,
related links The site of the established company (in my opinion the most interesting link) www.fabricanltd.com
The site of Imperial College London. News about the show.
www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_21-9-2010-13-23-53
Fabrican Ltd Channel on Youtube
www.youtube.com/user/fabricanltd
More than 300 representatives from industry, academia, fashion houses, and the media came to college to see Dr. Manel Torres, a Spanish fashion designer and academic, demonstrate the technology he has been developing over the past 10 years.
Dr. Torres, in collaboration with Professor Paul Luckham of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, created a solution called Fabrican (Fabrican Spray-on fabric). This technology allows you to create clothes that will perfectly fit the figure by spraying liquid material directly on the human body.
(under the cut video, photo and text)
On the video you can observe the process of creating t-shirts.
The main component of Fabrician Spray grout is cotton fibers. In addition, there are polymers and solvents that provide the liquid structure of the material and its quick drying. As for the latter, after applying the “new clothes” dries at the same speed as our skin.
After the material dries, the clothes can be removed and even ironed. And if you get bored, then it can always be dissolved to the state of the initial mass of cotton fibers and try to create something else.
According to the authors of the technology, in this way you can create any elements of everyday clothing. From underwear to hats.
In the video, you can watch the show last night, Dr. Torres demonstrates the clothes created using Fabrican Spray and the stages of its manufacture.
“When I first started my work on this project, I really wanted to make futuristic, seamless, fast and comfortable material,” says Dr. Torres. “In search of such material, I eventually returned to the principles of the early textile industry, such as felt, which is also produced by the adoption of fibers. I decided to find a way to bind the fibers to each other without weaving and dumping them. As an artist, I wanted to create material from which unique things can be easily done, and as a scientist, I must concentrate on making them easy to process. “I want to show how science and technology can help designers come up with new materials and open new horizons.”
Torres and Luckham have already created Fabrican Ltd to explore various applications for their development. According to them, the priority potential areas of application are: medicine, hygiene products, air fresheners, upholstery for furniture and cars.
Inventors emphasize that with their development they would like not only to introduce innovative technologies in various industries, but also to create a new tool for creative expression.
“The Imperial College of London works with cultural organizations and seeks to engage in creative partnerships to show how science, technology and medicine can capture people's imagination and develop new ways to make life better,” says Sir Kay O'Nion ( Sir Keith O'Nions), Rector of Imperial College London.
Gag:
I would like to test such clothes. Some kind of shorts-t-shirt-wit hacking for myself to make one-piece)
PS Who the subject was interested in,
related links The site of the established company (in my opinion the most interesting link) www.fabricanltd.com
The site of Imperial College London. News about the show.
www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_21-9-2010-13-23-53
Fabrican Ltd Channel on Youtube
www.youtube.com/user/fabricanltd