Hi everyone, I’d just like to say THANK YOU! to all people who have voted thus far, and a future thank you to those who will :) I’m truly amazed and extremely thankful for how much support we’ve been given! Thank you to everyone!!
- Kristy Jost
- http://www.igert.org/profiles/4162
- Graduate Student
- Presenter’s IGERT
- Drexel University
- Carlos Perez
- http://www.igert.org/profiles/4090
- Graduate Student
- Presenter’s IGERT
- Drexel University
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Judges’ Queries and Presenter’s Replies
Presentation Discussion
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Kristy, you have a great poster and an amazing video!
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Thank you Dr. Gogotsi!
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Good luck, Kristy!
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Great video, Kristy! You do a wonderful job of explaining your research.
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Innovative work. I’d love to hear more about the applications beyond high fashion.
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Thanks for the inquiry!
A few applications towards the end of the video include biomedical, military and space applications.
For biomedical applications, wearable and biocompatible energy storage can help power other wearable bio-sensors or communication devices, and potentially pace-makers.
Soldiers currently carry batteries that weigh up to 12lbs to power all of their gear, when wearable supercapacitors combined with energy harvesting devices like piezo-electrics or solar panels could help soldiers charge up during a mission while reducing weight and bulkiness.
And of course, space suits were the original smart garment, having multiple layers of smart textiles. Again integrating energy storage into the suit could help to reduce the weight and bulkiness and give astronauts more freedom of movement. If only there was another shuttle mission…
Let me know if you have any more questions!
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Amazing work, Kristy!
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Great video and fascinating work. Congratulations guys!
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Great video! Very impressive!
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Very interesting project!
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Kristy, Excellent video that superbly explains your State of the Art, innovative and multidisciplinary work. Very impressive! Congratulations. Wishing you the best,
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Thank you so much for all your support Jay!! We truly appreciate it!!
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Wow, who knew smart garments existed! Did you have to patent any of your work?
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Yes it does! and yes we have filed a patent on our work.
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This has great potential for field applications as you mentioned such as for military use but if integrated into the garment, does this make the garment non-washable? How robust would these supercapacitor garments be to the elements and water immersion?
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I really like this, The point of view that you mention is excellent. Maybe the new technology can add something that they can clean without use a regular washable machine.
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Excellent question!
We do not expect these garments, much like a wool suit or silk dress to be washed in a washer or dryer, but would be “dry clean” only. We can also potentially coat the supercapacitors and other devices in a polyester or nylon resin while preserving flexibility and breathability to make them fully resistant to the elements, but again probably not for the washer and dryer.
Another hope is that given these are “smart” materials, it will be possible one day to have the garments clean themselves. The army has soldier’s t-shirts embedded with silver fibers, which are antimicrobial, to kill germs and prevent an odors or bacteria from building up. Smart Wool socks also have silver fibers embedded in them to keep from smelling. So self laundering clothing is not an unforeseeable option.
Again thank you for raising a very important question!
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