Those who wear the jacket can tap or swipe the jacket sleeve to access mobile services. The jacket can be washed (once the snap tag is removed).
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Smart Clothes
Recently, Levis and Google have developed a Smart jacket that can connect to the Internet. The jacket is called a Commuter Trucker Jacket by Jaquard (https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/beazley-designs-of-the-year/fashion/levis-commuter-trucker-jacket-with-jacquard-by-google).
Those who wear the jacket can tap or swipe the jacket sleeve to access mobile services. The jacket can be washed (once the snap tag is removed).
Those who wear the jacket can tap or swipe the jacket sleeve to access mobile services. The jacket can be washed (once the snap tag is removed).
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Energy Action Month
October is Energy Action Month.
What safe, renewable energy sources will be available to you in the future? Some researchers think that one day clothes--your T-shirt and jeans--may be able generate electricity. This electricity could be used to power devices e.g. cellphones.
That sounds far-fetched but scientists at University of California at Berkeley have been working on this idea since 2010.
At the University of Georgia, Zhong Lin Wang and his team are trying to create a fabric that can harvest energy from the sun as well as motion.
Fabric that generates energy based on movement will use triboelectric nanogenerators. Fabric that generates solar energy would require photo anodes.
Are we headed to a brave new world where our clothes will power our devices?
More information about Energy Action Month for students and teachers can be found here,
http://www.need.org/content.asp?contentid=175
http://www.energy.gov
That sounds far-fetched but scientists at University of California at Berkeley have been working on this idea since 2010.
At the University of Georgia, Zhong Lin Wang and his team are trying to create a fabric that can harvest energy from the sun as well as motion.
Fabric that generates energy based on movement will use triboelectric nanogenerators. Fabric that generates solar energy would require photo anodes.
Are we headed to a brave new world where our clothes will power our devices?
More information about Energy Action Month for students and teachers can be found here,
http://www.need.org/content.asp?contentid=175
http://www.energy.gov
Monday, September 11, 2017
The Gracekeepers by Kristy Logan
The Gracekeepers by Kristy Logan is a magical realistic novel that addresses rising sea levels--an event that will happen if the climate continues to change.
After the sea levels have risen, colonies of people called "Damplings," permanently reside on ships. They are ostracized by "Landlockers" who trade with them but do not want to socialize with them.
A third more mysterious group of people, the
"Mer" people are forced to hide their existence. Landlockers kill "Mer" babies, who have gills or webbing between their fingers, out of fear.
Logan pits one of these Mer people, Callanish, against the Landlocker culture that wishes to obliterate her kind. Logan also juxtaposes North, the "bear girl" from a dampling circus troupe, with Callanish.
This is a novel that expertly explores how prejudice, fear, and superstition can harm society.
Logan reserves her most biting criticism for her criticism of each group's religious affiliations. The Landlockers worship the World Tree, a kind of pagan worship, that involves processions. The damplings worship gods of the sea.
Logan paints Christian "revivalist" ships, in a particularly gloomy light. She also decries the revivalist's image of a Virgin in blue robes.
Though there are few missteps, her overt distaste of religion, this is a captivating, powerful novel with intriguing characters that should not be missed.
After the sea levels have risen, colonies of people called "Damplings," permanently reside on ships. They are ostracized by "Landlockers" who trade with them but do not want to socialize with them.
A third more mysterious group of people, the
"Mer" people are forced to hide their existence. Landlockers kill "Mer" babies, who have gills or webbing between their fingers, out of fear.
Logan pits one of these Mer people, Callanish, against the Landlocker culture that wishes to obliterate her kind. Logan also juxtaposes North, the "bear girl" from a dampling circus troupe, with Callanish.
This is a novel that expertly explores how prejudice, fear, and superstition can harm society.
Logan reserves her most biting criticism for her criticism of each group's religious affiliations. The Landlockers worship the World Tree, a kind of pagan worship, that involves processions. The damplings worship gods of the sea.
Logan paints Christian "revivalist" ships, in a particularly gloomy light. She also decries the revivalist's image of a Virgin in blue robes.
Though there are few missteps, her overt distaste of religion, this is a captivating, powerful novel with intriguing characters that should not be missed.
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