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Challenges of Laundry and Crochet in Space
The chapter explores the hurdles astronauts face in space regarding hygiene and laundry, discussing the difficulties in washing clothes due to zero gravity and water weight problems. It also delves into the intricacies of crocheting machines and the differences between sewing, knitting, and crocheting, highlighting the complexities and limitations in automating crochet compared to knitting.
From expressing ourselves through fashion to protecting ourselves from the elements, textiles seem to be self-evidently significant to the human experience. But it's our goal on Tangents to always poke holes in the obvious, tear through distraction, and weave humor with knowledge - and the facts this episode will blow your cotton-poly blend socks off.
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[Truth or Fail Express]
Fabric shoe sole tariff
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/business/economy/columbia-sportswear-trump-trade-war.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45875405
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-why-your-converse-sneakers-have-felt-on-the-bottom-6016648/
Water-soluble fiber to prove original Finnish textile
https://www.perniaspopupshop.com/encyclopedia/karnataka/mysore-silk
https://www.ksicsilk.com/Home/About
https://news.mit.edu/2023/fiber-barcodes-can-make-clothing-labels-that-last-0321
Wool Acts: burial shroud requirements
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/england-wool-burial-shrouds
https://nursingclio.org/2020/05/21/weaving-wool-into-death-burial-in-17th-century-england/
https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/?view=article&id=961&catid=10
[Trivia Question]
“Cappers Act” of 1571 in England required males to wear woolen caps
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81552
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124661/cap/cap-unknown/?print=1
[Fact Off]
Indigenous Aymara weavers and pediatric cardiologists co-created a medical textile for congenital heart defects
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674640
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/16238899
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10329454/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3379209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470160/
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/cardiac-catheterization
https://www.ted.com/talks/franz_freudenthal_a_new_way_to_heal_hearts_without_surgery/transcript
Creating experimental antimicrobial underwear for astronauts or space laundry machines
https://www.livescience.com/astronauts-shared-underwear-upgrade.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-spacesuit-underwear.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/07/space_age_underwear_that_can_b.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-teams-tide-do-laundry-space-180978067/
https://apnews.com/article/laundry-wash-clothes-space-station-nasa-5a7f2795150f7dce81581cfb82cdd1f7
[Ask the Science Couch]
History of knitting machines
https://invention.si.edu/knitting-stockings-machine
http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/people/frameworkknitters.htm
Crochet vs. knit stitches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jecATRwHQP8
https://akaspar.pages.cba.mit.edu/textiles-recitation/background.html
Crocheting hyperbolic space models
https://www.ams.org/publicoutreach/math-imagery/taimina
https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/wertheim_henderson_taimina.php
https://www.theiff.org/oexhibits/oe1e.html
[Butt One More Thing]
Art project that extracted cellulose from cow manure to make a semi-synthetic fabric
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014181302300404X
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poop-clothing_n_58e7d6f0e4b058f0a02efa77
https://jalilaessaidi.com/cowmanure/
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