Sci/Tech Real spray-on clothes to hit the catwalk

[tom_mai78101]

Forget weaving and stitching clothes. A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes.

Particle engineer Paul Luckham and fashion designer Manel Torres from Imperial College London combined cotton fibres, polymers and a solvent to form a liquid that becomes a fabric when sprayed. The material can be built up in layers to create a garment of your desired thickness and can also be washed and worn again like conventional fabrics.

In addition to creating instant fashion, the technology could have a range of other uses – spray-on bandages, for instance. "It's a sterilised material coming from an aerosol can, and you can add drugs to it to help a wound heal faster," says Torres.

On Monday, a fashion show at Imperial will feature the first couture collection created with the material.

Real spray-on clothes to hit the catwalk

Forget weaving and stitching clothes. A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes

www.newscientist.com

Fashion Show.

 

[Accname]

Who is thinking about futurama right now?

 

[FireCat]

Holy crap, What happens if you are caught in the rain?

 

[Fatmankev]

Accname: Dude, totally. First thing that came to mind.

Firecat: You can wash them like regular clothes, and they're made of cotton (and plastic), so I imagine it'd be similar to regular clothes. You'd get wet.

Looks like a pretty cool idea, though. The clothes actually looked pretty nice, and pretty comfortable to boot. An added bonus: you can dissolve clothes you've made with the material and reuse it, making new clothes from your old clothes. Cool stuff. Love seeing futuristic stuff in media being put into practice in real life.

 

[Accname]

Nothing, they said it needs to be that certain kind of solution to be dissolved.
But imagine somebody else knows you are wearing this kind of cloth and got that specific solution at hand...

Some nice comment on the source page also said that this is probably not so nice if you are very hairy.

 

[FireCat]

Looks like a pretty cool idea, though. The clothes actually looked pretty nice, and pretty comfortable to boot.

It Looks Awful Btw: Wouldn't You feel too naked?

 

[Accname]

It Looks Awful Btw: Wouldn't You feel too naked?

I have no problem with those clothes, i would wear it if its cheap, nonhazardous and safe.

 

[Fatmankev]

Nothing, they said it needs to be that certain kind of solution to be dissolved.
But imagine somebody else knows you are wearing this kind of cloth and got that specific solution at hand...

Some nice comment on the source page also said that this is probably not so nice if you are very hairy.

And you know it's the ladies who'd love these. Imagine, a non-harmful liquid you could throw on someone's clothes and make it dissolve... there would definitely be people doing that. I wonder what sort of charge it'd warrant, though...?

 

[camelCase]

Mm~

 

[Bribe]

I'm sure I sold at least one of those guys a MacBook Pro. That is a very Apple-oriented university.

 

[Sevion]

A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes.

Or I can throw on my t-shirt and shorts in a matter of seconds?

Seems to be more of a novelty than something to be actually used in day-to-day life.

 

[The Helper]

For where is this now Justice!!!