I Speak Too Soon
Yesterday on Facebook, the FB presense for HobbyTown USA asked, "What hobbies haven't been invented yet?" to which I replied "Fashion Fabbing."
Turns out I wasn't that far from the mark. Today I got the latest issue of Laser Focus World and its cover story is about printable 3D metamaterial. Just as stereolithography can make solid objects, it could also make fabrics. Already they are talking about fabrics that light up, change colors, even display video (imagine a movie theater without the need for physical projectors!--or laptops without the mass of a video unit!).
In theory, you could have your measurements on file, get a design file, and have a suit constructed by a fabbing machine with absolutely no tailoring and it would fit you perfectly, as well as have features that you can't get from a store-bought suit. How about a t-shirt that cycles through a variety of graphic "screens"? A travel jacket with a built in GPS so all you have to do to get directions is look at a sleeve? A space suit or wet suit that is seamless and completely impermeable?
We ARE living the future.
FP
Turns out I wasn't that far from the mark. Today I got the latest issue of Laser Focus World and its cover story is about printable 3D metamaterial. Just as stereolithography can make solid objects, it could also make fabrics. Already they are talking about fabrics that light up, change colors, even display video (imagine a movie theater without the need for physical projectors!--or laptops without the mass of a video unit!).
In theory, you could have your measurements on file, get a design file, and have a suit constructed by a fabbing machine with absolutely no tailoring and it would fit you perfectly, as well as have features that you can't get from a store-bought suit. How about a t-shirt that cycles through a variety of graphic "screens"? A travel jacket with a built in GPS so all you have to do to get directions is look at a sleeve? A space suit or wet suit that is seamless and completely impermeable?
We ARE living the future.
FP