New fabric being developed. I hope it’s marketed before I die of old age.https://phys.org/news/2019-02-scientists-fabric-automatically-cool-insulate.html
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Interesting new fabric being developed
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Very interesting, kinda reminds me of something like columbia omni freeze but much more technical and versatile, hopefully we will see it being used in the near future, whole new meaning to active insulation.
I can see the MIT fibers appearing (replacing Kevlar?) in high end canoes.
Maybe, It depends on the manufacturing cost. In some areas of a canoe it would NOT be an advantage. Too stiff, and it would not fold well around a stem, or, rolling around a gunnel form for example. Even the major manufacturers (winonah, old towne, mad river, etc) like to use aluminum or wood for gunnels, though they could roll carbon for this and be stiffer/stronger.
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