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Evolving heat
May 27th, 2024
Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) class 22-03 practice snowshoeing and pulling an ahkio sled with gear as a team in January 2022 at a training area on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Photo: U.S. Army/Scott T. Sturkol. The textile-heated garment industry is revolutionizing how we stay warm. Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) […]
Keeping cool
May 13th, 2024
Aersulate nonwovens from Outlast, is the company’s latest development in thermoregulating textiles. Photo: Marie O’Mahony Thermal control is one of the basic functions of textiles for apparel. The key association is that it affords comfort, so it can be tempting not to properly prioritize it, given its other performance factors. Now, from sportswear to workwear, […]
Startup will make shape-shifting thermal control
April 24th, 2020
Skyscrape, a West Coast-based startup, is making clothing that naturally adapts to the temperature of both the wearer and the environment, the company says. The company has created yarns to create clothing that changes shape as temperatures change, becoming thicker as temperatures drop, providing more insulation and comfort to the wearer. Active yarns in the […]
Wearable device camouflages body heat
April 13th, 2020
https://youtu.be/qSbMlNrE5hk Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) have developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes—a feat that current state of the art technology cannot match. The technology can adapt to temperature changes in just […]
HeiQ technology offers increased warmth-to-bulk ratio
January 21st, 2019
HeiQ has launched a radiant barrier technology designed to allow outerwear, mid-layers, sleeping bags and other products to maintain warmth and breathability while reducing bulk by as much as 50 percent, the company says. HeiQ XReflex employs an ultra-thin reflective surface, applied through a vapor deposition process, which reflects the body’s radiant heat. The company claims that by […]
Eurojersey launches graphene-containing fabric with Directa Plus
February 21st, 2018
Directa Plus has teamed up with Italian textile company Eurojersey and sportswear brand Colmar for two collections containing its graphene-based product. Directa says the inclusion of G+ provides a bacteriostatic effect, as well as even distribution of body heat and a heat dispersion effect in hot weather. It is Eurojersey’s first graphene-containing technical fabric, and […]
On a larger scale
May 9th, 2017
Keeping a person warm, cooled and therefore safe in extreme environmental conditions is no small matter. I speak from personal experience, as I have a lake cabin in northern Minnesota. The temperature has been known to hit -40°F. Don’t even think about the wind chill index at that temperature. Of course, I don’t think about […]