Modern life is a series of rapid changes. Their direction and speed are unpredictable. Their onset cannot be prevented. The progress of the last decades is so rapid and obvious that it forms its own special world for each new generation. Each new generation is born, grows up and lives in conditions that are nothing like those in which their parents grew up. And it concerns not only means of communication and computer technologies. Computers and laptops, tablets and smartphones are not the only direction that is shaping the new world. The changes also affected an industry that has changed little over the millennia. Changes also affected clothing.
When the future becomes the present
Clothing today is a huge variety of materials. These are natural and synthetic fabrics, which are not inferior in quality to natural ones. These are combined materials:
- fully synthetic - from several types of artificial threads;
- completely natural - from several types of natural threads;
- combination of natural and synthetic threads.
The use of combined materials makes it possible to achieve properties that are not inherent in natural analogues. Allows you to create fabrics that have the properties of several materials. For example, to obtain materials with one-sided moisture permeability - when excess moisture is removed from a person, and moisture from the environment does not enter the body.
Combinations of different properties in one material open up great prospects for light industry. And they promise big changes in human life.
Waiting for change
Probably, the changes we are observing are only the beginning of the changes that await humanity in the near future. Research in various directions. Combination of properties of different materials. All this can open up opportunities not available in the past. It is quite possible that the development of related industries will have an impact on our lives.
What properties of the clothes of the future do science fiction writers warn us about?
The clothes of the future, prescribed by the authors of fantastic works, are highly durable. It is soft and elastic. Thin and elastic. Beautiful and pleasant.
It is able to change its color - reflecting the desires and moods of the owner. It can be adjusted to any size. Able to withstand any temperature - protecting from both severe cold and intense heat.
This short list of properties dreamed of by the creators of science fiction has already been realized by the modern textile industry. May it be to one degree or another. But the changes are just beginning...
What to expect next?
Imagine clothing that recognizes its owner. Having built-in memory and storing personal settings - the preferred thermal regime, body features, individual perspiration characteristics, bank account information, house or car keys, etc.
Imagine clothes that work in a mode - a walk, home conditions, sports. Able to adapt to the conditions of different seasons.
Or imagine a costume reminding you to make an appointment with the doctor. Taking readings of blood pressure. Taking samples of sweat and exfoliated skin for analysis.
A suit that reminds you of an important meeting. Which tracks familiar routes and reports high traffic on the intended path.
That is, imagine clothes that combine the properties of a number of modern gadgets, only more modern and practical.
You can not? And in vain...
After all, a few decades ago it was difficult to imagine a hybrid of a telephone, camera, radio, tape recorder and personal computer. It was hard to imagine everything that is now the basis of everyday life - remote work, education, online shopping.
Technological progress has thousands of directions. Where it will lead, no one knows. Marketers who once studied the prospects of mobile communications came to the conclusion that this direction is hopeless. They say the phone in your pocket is of no interest to anyone. Fortunately, they did not create the future.
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