Modern Clothing Will Enter A More Intelligent Era.

Imagine that only one piece of clothing in your wardrobe is enough. This incredible minimalism is now technically possible.

According to the world clothing and shoe net, the Massachussetts Institute of Technology's Self-Assembly Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently invented a new type of material. When the temperature rises, the gap between the materials will increase, otherwise it will shrink and become smaller.

This material, which can be adjusted intelligently according to temperature, is named "Active Auxetic".

Active Auxetic can have different shapes and materials.

The lab plans to apply this concept of automatic assembly to different materials, such as wood,

And carbon fiber, and even invent new fabric materials.

By changing the original structure of wood or leather and remolding them in a specific way, they can respond to external stimuli (such as temperature, humidity, light or pressure, etc.).

Therefore, Active Auxetic has many potential uses, such as making clothes.

When the weather is cold, the clothes will become thicker and keep you warm. Until summer, the fabric will open and breathe like the pores on the skin.

When the temperature difference between day and night is large, wearing one of these clothes will save much trouble and avoid the trouble of adding or subtraction clothes.

However, due to the fact that the finished products made of this new material can not be seen at the moment, there is no way to know the actual effect.

This new material is proportionally enlarged or reduced in structure, much like a deformed toy, Hoberman Sphere.

If you used to play this kind of toy when you were young, you might have a more direct understanding of Active Auxetic's "thermal expansion and cold contraction".

But unlike the Hoberman sphere, Active Auxetic can be "automatically assembled".

The so-called automatic assembly means that this material does not rely on any mechanical or human resources, but adjusts automatically according to the external stimulus variables (such as temperature), and is the same as the written program, facing the same changes, the path and result of each adjustment are fixed.

This is not the first automated assembly material developed by MIT automatic assembly laboratory.

The research and development of Skylar Tibbits, a lab founder and his team, often crossover art, design and science.

In 2015, they and

Christophe Guberan and Carlo Clopath have developed a shoe that can automatically deform with the change of temperature and humidity.

In 2014, Tibbits's team developed an intelligent fabric that automatically folded when it was exposed to water and could be applied to IKEA's assembly furniture.

Upper fabric material

The invention of Active Auxetic is also the same as

The creations of designers and artists provide unlimited potential for application.

These materials that can be automatically assembled, deformed, folded and adaptable may enable our modern clothes to enter a more intelligent era.

More interesting reports, please pay attention to the world clothing shoes and hats net.