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In essence this is a jacket\coat with an outer permeable see-through membrane and an inner breathable layer.
Sandwiched between the 2 is a layer of moss.
Moss has several benefits over traditional padding:
1.. will absorb and filter moisture, in a survival situation the water could be invaluable
2..
over time the insulation layer will grow, as you age, (and start to feel the cold more) the ever expanding insulation layer will keep you toasty warm.
3.. excess padding could be sold to your local florist to provide a handy income.
The only problem I can see is that Moss is already a well established clothing brand, in order to make this a household name I will need a decent product name.
flip-flops to go with it
http://www.unruly.c...a-hyock-450x450.jpg
[xandram, Nov 12 2013]
oh my I need these shoes, too!
http://francoisewee...nical-shoes/page/2/
[xandram, Nov 12 2013]
The Pet Coat generates its own heat
Pet_20Coat
[DIYMatt, Nov 12 2013]
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Probably, the inklings of a future spacesuit design
but with trousers, this would make an excellent
dinner suit.
I am a bit doubtful about nutrient supply and the
evenness of growth. |
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Living coat is an attractive idea to say the least. Although,
moss is not very resilient to cold at all. Maybe the least
resilient flora in terrestrial ecosystems. If a living coat
should be made, it would be best to use anaerobic
bacteria or fungi, in cells, decomposing organic matter.
However, the coat would have to be refilled often making
a dirty smelly task. |
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//I will need a decent product name. |
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NB COULD YOU LAY OFF THE CAPITALS please, the neighbours complain. |
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I guess nutrients would be dealt with by a label in the back of the coat... do not boil wash, feed weekly, water the 'Like n coat' regularly. |
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Thith ith totally growth. |
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I can't find a link for this, (and believe me I looked), but there was an anthropology publishing about a hermit up around Alaska who made his own jacket from beard hair and moss, so I guess movement wasn't much of a factor. The researcher said that it may be the first time any such materials were recorded as used in a human garment. |
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Wish I could find that link. I'm not lichen it. |
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As a casual moss hobbyist, I can contribute only this
criticism along with my bun: getting a crop of moss going
(or occasionally treating an ill one) produces a horrendous
stench, since the only thing moss loves more than slowly
spreading across hard exposed surfaces on the floor of
arborial forests is bathing in a saucer of rotten buttermilk. |
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"You can tell it's a genuine Sterling jacket because it still
has that new moss stench!" |
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I didn't think of that; most moss that I'm familiar with
doesn't react well to jostling,
nor to being moved at all. It has a hard enough time just
keeping up with the seasons. |
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Isn't Coat Moss kinda thin and generally unhealthy looking?
Oops! Thats Kate Moss I was thinking of. Carry on. |
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[+] From the title I thought this would be a
genetically modified mink, who continues to live
while you wear it as a coat, and don't forget to feed
it. I would have voted against that idea... but Moss
is OK. |
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I'm afraid there always a lot of slugs hidden in the moss. There are many kinds of moss, esp. where I live in New England, so I'm skeptical as to how long the moss would last. Like [21Q] said, will it die, or possibly go moldy? There is the kind of moss that is stuck to dirt, or southern moss that hangs from trees. What kind of moss are you thinking of using? |
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I have seven kinds of local moss growing on rocks in my
library, and the oldest colony has been thriving for four
years. It's a pretty rugged organism if you don't touch it,
breathe on it, look directly at it, or acknowledge that it
exists. I give it an eyedropper full of rancid buttermilk once
in a while and enjoy the nice earthy scent all year round.
I've never had a fungal or parasite problem that I know of,
but considering how vigilant I am to protect my other
plants from such things that's not surprising. The biggest
risk factor (as far as I can tell) is the moisture balance; it
usually gets what it needs from the air, but in winter I need
to water it, and accidentally overwatering moss is as easy
as it is deadly (to the moss). |
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Hm. Sounds like a more boring version of a pet coat. |
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The Kelabit people of Sarawak wear (on occasion)
shawls made of living lichen. Each family has one
such shawl, which is worn by the most senior
member on ceremonial days. |
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When a new family is established (and this is no
simple matter, because the laws defining "family"
are rather complicated), the head of the new
family is given a sort of pathetic necklace made
from pieces trimmed from the shawls of the other
families. It takes something like 40-80 years for
this to grow into a full-length shawl, after which
time the head of the new family is admitted to
the council of tribal elders. |
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Some of these shawls are believed to be over 7000
years old, based on radiocarbon dating of the
remains of the wooden frame on which the initial
necklace is constructed. |
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Ethnologists say that this is a unique custom, and
one of the unifying factors bonding the
community to both itself and the forest. I say it
just shows that the Kelabit have way too much
time on their hands. |
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If we ever get the science down we'll be able to
make a new animal in the shape of a coat. I imagine
some version of a sloth. |
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//made his own jacket from beard hair and moss, |
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His own beard hair? Or did he keep a clutch of beardies to be shorn on a regular basis? |
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NB Thanks for the de-capitalisation. |
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NNB Kelabit wikipedia "..supplied weapons by the Australian military and played an essential role in the liberation of Borneo. After the War this remote ethnic group received visits from Christian missionaries." |
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I supposed you were supposed to reward allies? |
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I was hoping this would be a coat made of two layers of transparent material with a convoluted flexible tubing packed between the layers with thousands of creatures swarming along these tubes - e.g. rats, mice, hamsters, mini-ferrets, tropical fish, etc. |
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//His own beard hair? Or did he keep a clutch of beardies to be shorn on a regular basis?// |
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Nope. That's how long he hadn't wanted anything to do with other humans. It was a long time ago that I read the story but I think I remember that it started by just keeping his original coat repaired. |
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