Comments on: Vat-grown bio-fashion http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831760 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831760 Walking in the rain with the one you love gets a whole new dimension in these clothes! Walking in the rain with the one you love gets a whole new dimension in these clothes!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-832016 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832016 Maybe it's just me - I don't find this unsettling in the slightest; I LOVE the look of the "fabric" and especially the color undyed. I'd sport the heck out of clothing like this. Maybe it’s just me – I don’t find this unsettling in the slightest; I LOVE the look of the “fabric” and especially the color undyed. I’d sport the heck out of clothing like this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831517 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831517 Just a new way to make fabric. Still has to be cut and sewn, nowhere near 'heading down to the kitchen to try things on' Just a new way to make fabric. Still has to be cut and sewn, nowhere near ‘heading down to the kitchen to try things on’

]]> By: brian rutherford http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831774 brian rutherford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831774 These are pretty cool. I especially like the 'denim' jacket although part of me thinks they all look like something Ed Gein would wear. These are pretty cool. I especially like the ‘denim’ jacket although part of me thinks they all look like something Ed Gein would wear.

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831524 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831524 I can only imagine what these smell like after a long night out on the town. I can only imagine what these smell like after a long night out on the town.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831781 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831781 "It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again." “It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.”

]]> By: bob d http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831531 bob d Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831531 Marvelous stuff. It seems like the material is essentially the zoogleal mat of a "kombucha" mother. It looks eerily like human leather, or not-so eerily like old latex. I imagine it's too stiff and brittle to be actually wearable right now, but after some tinkering with the micro-organisms used, this could be a practical production method. Marvelous stuff. It seems like the material is essentially the zoogleal mat of a “kombucha” mother. It looks eerily like human leather, or not-so eerily like old latex.
I imagine it’s too stiff and brittle to be actually wearable right now, but after some tinkering with the micro-organisms used, this could be a practical production method.

]]> By: bob d http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831533 bob d Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831533 Actually some of them aren't sewn, and by modifying the production method (along lines on which the artist appears to have been experimenting), they wouldn't necessarily need to be cut, even. Actually some of them aren’t sewn, and by modifying the production method (along lines on which the artist appears to have been experimenting), they wouldn’t necessarily need to be cut, even.

]]> By: synthemesc http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831539 synthemesc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831539 Behold the future! Where even the most basic methods of production can become more expensive, unwieldy, and time consuming. Behold the future! Where even the most basic methods of production can become more expensive, unwieldy, and time consuming.

]]> By: bob d http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831552 bob d Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831552 Er, how is this more expensive and time consuming? Spending two weeks growing a ready-made sheet of material, versus, say, the 8 to 9 months needed to grow and harvest cotton plants, which then need to be processed, turned into thread, and then woven into cloth? It looks to me like this is a lot less expensive, unwieldy and time consuming than producing conventional clothing, and this is still in the "wild experimentation" stage, not even remotely close to mass production. Imagine going to a tailor where they do a quick scan of your body, make a form based on it, and then over several weeks grow clothing right onto that form that fits you perfectly. It could all be done in one building, using less resources and labor than is currently required to make any mass-produced third-world sweatshop clothing item. Er, how is this more expensive and time consuming? Spending two weeks growing a ready-made sheet of material, versus, say, the 8 to 9 months needed to grow and harvest cotton plants, which then need to be processed, turned into thread, and then woven into cloth? It looks to me like this is a lot less expensive, unwieldy and time consuming than producing conventional clothing, and this is still in the “wild experimentation” stage, not even remotely close to mass production.
Imagine going to a tailor where they do a quick scan of your body, make a form based on it, and then over several weeks grow clothing right onto that form that fits you perfectly. It could all be done in one building, using less resources and labor than is currently required to make any mass-produced third-world sweatshop clothing item.

]]> By: Yamazakikun http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831576 Yamazakikun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831576 "Abercrombie Station", Jack Vance, 1952 — although that was spray-on couture. Pity the large quantities of stations in LEO aren't anywhere to be seen, though. “Abercrombie Station”, Jack Vance, 1952 — although that was spray-on couture. Pity the large quantities of stations in LEO aren’t anywhere to be seen, though.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831578 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831578 Would YOU wear that??? unsettling>cool As for myself: No thanks. Yet, keep up the good work! Would YOU wear that???

unsettling>cool

As for myself: No thanks.

Yet, keep up the good work!

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831581 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831581 the true question, howmever, can they make sparkly boa snake things for strippers who wear vinyl see through coats? Cuz if so, then we may already be in the future. the true question, howmever,
can they make sparkly boa snake things for strippers who wear vinyl see through coats? Cuz if so, then we may already be in the future.

]]> By: kaiza http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831607 kaiza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831607 This reminds me of tofu skin and the fungus king from the Super Mario Bros movies: http://shittymovienight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/12-SMB-KingFungus.JPG Also, how long will these last if you get caught out in the rain? This reminds me of tofu skin and the fungus king from the Super Mario Bros movies: http://shittymovienight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/12-SMB-KingFungus.JPG

Also, how long will these last if you get caught out in the rain?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-1128585 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1128585 Awesome One! Awesome One!

]]> By: Bill Albertson http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831635 Bill Albertson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831635 I was wondering how long they would last after one sweaty night of dancing at a club... I was wondering how long they would last after one sweaty night of dancing at a club…

]]> By: PapayaSF http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831636 PapayaSF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831636 At the Party Friendly, good-looking person: "Hi, wow, that's an interesting piece of clothing. What's it made out of?" Wearer: "Bacteria." Friendly, good-looking person: "Ummm, really? Huh, well, nice talking with you...!" At the Party

Friendly, good-looking person: “Hi, wow, that’s an interesting piece of clothing. What’s it made out of?”

Wearer: “Bacteria.”

Friendly, good-looking person: “Ummm, really? Huh, well, nice talking with you…!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831639 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831639 I see this being up there with some of Bruce Sterling's notions in "Holy Fire", where we've swung back on our self-flung evolutionary pendulum from greasy, stinky unwashed monkeys in powdered wigs and lace to the obsessively disinfected uber-pristine sterile apes prone to all sorts of infection and then to a saner middle ground where we realize just how much we ourselves are an amalgam of bacteria and the world around us more so - using this bacteriological interaction for all things from hygiene to medicine to growing buildings and - hey, why not - clothes that look (and hopefully smell) like bacon. It's not gross - it's just an accepted extension of who we are into the world we live in and the gradual melding of it all. Clothes, food, tech and housing will merge. We'll eat furniture and wear the world around us. But there will always be barbeque. Running shoes on a bun, anyone? Cheers. And - the zen of the Captcha is thus: "weinert power" I rest my case. I see this being up there with some of Bruce Sterling’s notions in “Holy Fire”, where we’ve swung back on our self-flung evolutionary pendulum from greasy, stinky unwashed monkeys in powdered wigs and lace to the obsessively disinfected uber-pristine sterile apes prone to all sorts of infection and then to a saner middle ground where we realize just how much we ourselves are an amalgam of bacteria and the world around us more so – using this bacteriological interaction for all things from hygiene to medicine to growing buildings and – hey, why not – clothes that look (and hopefully smell) like bacon.

It’s not gross – it’s just an accepted extension of who we are into the world we live in and the gradual melding of it all. Clothes, food, tech and housing will merge. We’ll eat furniture and wear the world around us.

But there will always be barbeque.

Running shoes on a bun, anyone?

Cheers.

And – the zen of the Captcha is thus:

“weinert power”

I rest my case.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831641 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831641 Ever seen those Inuit raincoats made out of fish bladders? That's what these look like. Think what you could do with, say, fluorescent bacteria! Shimmery squid! Glowing jellyfish genes! Ever seen those Inuit raincoats made out of fish bladders? That’s what these look like.

Think what you could do with, say, fluorescent bacteria! Shimmery squid! Glowing jellyfish genes!

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831905 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831905 Good: Home-grown clothing. Bad: The first hairy dude to wear one of these without an undershirt. Good: Home-grown clothing.
Bad: The first hairy dude to wear one of these without an undershirt.

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831669 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831669 So eager to leave a comment I forgot to sign in to say: "Hey, this is me." - which it was. So there. So eager to leave a comment I forgot to sign in to say: “Hey, this is me.” – which it was. So there.

]]> By: LovelyAndroid http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831927 LovelyAndroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831927 We survival clothes that you can eat in a pinch. We survival clothes that you can eat in a pinch.

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831984 Jerril Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831984 How is wearing a product of bacterial culture more unsettling than wearing the mechanically processed and chemically treated skins of animals? In my opinion it's closer to wearing plant products than animal products, ethically (admittedly I wear animal products, vegans should probably argue amongst themselves on this point), and I'm a HUGE fan of fermented food and medical products. If I can eat cheese, drink beer and take penicillin derivatives, I can wear micro-organism cultured fabric. Once it doesn't have the texture of fish bladders. How is wearing a product of bacterial culture more unsettling than wearing the mechanically processed and chemically treated skins of animals?

In my opinion it’s closer to wearing plant products than animal products, ethically (admittedly I wear animal products, vegans should probably argue amongst themselves on this point), and I’m a HUGE fan of fermented food and medical products. If I can eat cheese, drink beer and take penicillin derivatives, I can wear micro-organism cultured fabric.

Once it doesn’t have the texture of fish bladders.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/11/vat-grown-bio-fashio.html#comment-831732 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831732 I doubt this. I checked the torrents and nothing is there to download. I doubt this. I checked the torrents and nothing is there to download.

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