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Smart Fabric Technology by Outlast Technologies, Inc., of Boulder, Colo., was honored for a fabric first developed for potential use in spacesuits. The goal was to create a material to better protect astronauts from the bitter cold and searing heat of space. The technology impregnates the fabric with microencapsulated paraffin wax that chemically reacts to counteract high or low body temperatures. The millions of microcapsules recycle stored energy by absorbing and releasing excess body heat. If a person is cold, the material becomes warm. If the person is hot, the material cools. It is being used commercially in gloves, boots, jackets and bedding.
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