Furry Wetsuits

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

7 жыл бұрын

Inspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-inspi...)
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@tails7799 7 жыл бұрын

The title had my mind going in a completely different direction

@wmoros4902 6 жыл бұрын

XD same

@brokenrobot2004 6 жыл бұрын

yeah XD

@senorcrouch 7 жыл бұрын

It is all fun and games until someone figures out how to customize the color of the fur-like rubbery pelts.

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

Senor Crouch ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@jagwayfox544 7 жыл бұрын

True

@largeymargey5651 6 жыл бұрын

Max the Black Leopard ...

@largeymargey5651 6 жыл бұрын

Sunpath Thewarrior close your eyes and click wildly

@alexderpyracc4053 6 жыл бұрын

Senor Crouch yey scuba diving whilst being a furry

@ChrisD__ 7 жыл бұрын

From the title, I expected this, except as a fursuit. IT HAS TO LOOK LIKE AN OTTER FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!

@sundaydonkey4155 5 жыл бұрын

Shit, now I want an underwater fursuit, that sounds so cool!

@McC1oudv2 7 жыл бұрын

Furries ahead of the curve

@FuskyTheHusky81 7 жыл бұрын

why the fuck is this in my fucking recommends i don't even watch furry related shit!

@sufficient4834 7 жыл бұрын

because fuck you

@FuskyTheHusky81 7 жыл бұрын

Sufficient really? where did that come from if this was real life this is where i knock you the fuck out.

@sufficient4834 7 жыл бұрын

Fusky The Husky you are taking this too seriously

@FuskyTheHusky81 7 жыл бұрын

Sufficient ok lol xdd

@navyblues6661 7 жыл бұрын

I came here expecting wetsuit fursuits. Got this science thing instead.

@foresthillwolf7998 7 жыл бұрын

Same, I'm a fursuit maker. I also was planing to go to MIT as my college. This is a little cool for me.

@spideytightey8383 7 жыл бұрын

Foresthillwolf What's your SAT score?

@danielgrigal4877 6 жыл бұрын

Opposite of your problem

@qoyote 7 жыл бұрын

Dammit KZfaq, that's not what I meant by furry! ...but to be honest, this is pretty cool.

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

Super Neko Majin ikr

@jagwayfox544 7 жыл бұрын

I feel

@windwolf22lovesmcr20 6 жыл бұрын

Ikr I was on furry ski videos then I see this xd

@Little_Miss_Carrex 6 жыл бұрын

Super Neko Majin When i saw the title i thought about fursuits for in water

@OO0RI 6 жыл бұрын

Same here, but Ike, fascinating..

@RandumStuffRandumnes 7 жыл бұрын

I swear I clicked on this for the knowledge.

@sufficient4834 7 жыл бұрын

You did. The thumbnail is a square piece of cloth, you knew what you were getting into.

@RandumStuffRandumnes 7 жыл бұрын

Sufficient correct... yea that's why!

@chillcatking9866 7 жыл бұрын

RanDumSocksGames suuuure

@Swaaaat1 7 жыл бұрын

RanDumSocksGames Me too.

@largeymargey5651 6 жыл бұрын

Your a furry haha getem boys by boys I mean the media also I'm being hypocritical because I'm a furry and this is awkward KILL ME!!!

@tristensullivan6478 7 жыл бұрын

The comments are 99% "The title" 1% something different

@flatbeat_4152 7 жыл бұрын

this isnt as kinky as I expected

@nadia3824 6 жыл бұрын

i thought it would be a waterproof fursuit ;-;

@mynameluvsdragonscancelled6759 6 жыл бұрын

Yea, that would be cool Wait a minute, if they figure out how to color it and make the fur longer people could use it to make a fursuit of an otter that could swim or any other fluffy fursuit that they would like to be able to swim.

@mazungaz 7 жыл бұрын

FURRY...WET...SUIT...

@symbiosister 7 жыл бұрын

I thought this was about wetsuits for furries at first. outrage.

@RavingRaptor 7 жыл бұрын

Dat Title.

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@FallenStarsCrescent 7 жыл бұрын

Max the Black Leopard i swear, im seeing you everywhere and for some reason i was suscribed to you once HELP

@xKIPxX 7 жыл бұрын

the person that tipped the title of this vid made a huge mistake.

@JohnSmith-do2op 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not an expert, but I'm sure most aquatic mammals have longer hair than those short bristles on the model. I think the long hairs actually fold over to hold in the air. These short bristles would have a very high drag coefficient, not good for moving through water efficiently. I wonder if they had a variable for the length of the hairs in their mathematical model?

@revimfadli4666 7 жыл бұрын

phlogiston there's a difference between "planes should flap their wings" and "planes should be built of light enough material". If the bristle length being too short makes it unable to trap air, then it's just as critical as airplane material's lightness, and not like your flapping-wing straw argument

@foatmage 7 жыл бұрын

One of the only comments not talking about furries.

@baw7925 6 жыл бұрын

But then if it had longer bristles it would be like fur on a fur suit :0

@largeymargey5651 6 жыл бұрын

Revi M Fadli but now it issssssss........

@danielgrigal4877 6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this person

@ASlyF0x 7 жыл бұрын

Let's just admit we all read the title wrong and expected furry stuff

@maxtheleopard 6 жыл бұрын

Very Average ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@galaxydragons6244 6 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a waterproof fur suit thing.

@RedVanquish 7 жыл бұрын

Clickbait title. Yet very informative. I hope your project becomes successful. Would try a warm wetsuit when at my beach in the fall. :P

@jo-han 7 жыл бұрын

fantastic, now the issue with these new techniques is never their copying of nature, but the next step: trying to get manufacturing up to scale, durable and cheap enough for it to become competitive with rubber. That will take a long time.....

@MerpSquirrel 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like its silicone, should be pretty easy to make the little hairs like that I would think.

@grey6968 6 жыл бұрын

I came here thinking otter fursuiters can finally live out thier dream of cuddle floating.

@slatethefox4284 7 жыл бұрын

furry wetsuits *chuckles* nice

@logicallyedgy 7 жыл бұрын

People take the title so wrong. Obviously by the username of this account they are people who are in the sciences of technology. Not really other stuff. lol.

@SnipeU696 7 жыл бұрын

I love how we copy nature to better ourselves.

@user-xg6cq4cw3j 7 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, we're a species...

@debbiehargreaves3350 6 жыл бұрын

Are you implying we’re not nature? We’re not above nature IT SMITES US

@mikowulf5919 7 жыл бұрын

I was mistaken.

@AnkouvBassist 7 жыл бұрын

furries made their mark here

@ScottyHunter 7 жыл бұрын

Only the canines. Not all of us mark where we have been.

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

Scotty ikr

@huxleywolfkin4604 7 жыл бұрын

Scotty just because I'm a wolf doesn't mean at the piss all over the place

@bubblessmartiez197 6 жыл бұрын

Yup

@BanditFoxx 3 жыл бұрын

*Well played MIT, well played...*

@gemboundprism6322 6 жыл бұрын

Aquatic fursuits are the future of fursuiting

@borisyatsimov1905 6 жыл бұрын

Have you ever wanted to wear your fursuits in the water without ruining it? Then this is the material for you! XD

@olbones4863 7 жыл бұрын

Some cool videos in the side bar.

@homerilias 5 жыл бұрын

The wetsuit company is surely "Rip Curl". The technology brandname "Flashbomb". The fur is inside. I own one, they're around 600$, but they're magnificent.

@ubiquitousbaker5562 6 жыл бұрын

depending on the direction of the lie of the fur, you could theoretically, if artificially propelled, direct your "flight" through the water, if but minutely. or use superhydrophobic material to create air pockets on the surface of a suit, to enhance ascension

@maximellow5745 6 жыл бұрын

Imagine someone making a Furrsuit you can swim in out of this! Omg this would be so perfect!

@villclank2916 5 жыл бұрын

I want to I realy want to have one. that would be amazing

@colonelcorndog 7 жыл бұрын

the problem with keeping people warm in urethane wetsuits doesnt come from its insulation properties alone, it's from its water tightness. Not only do non-watertight wetsuits reduce the effect of keeping the body warm, but it also causes a nasty rash on your chest

@JorgeGamaliel 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool !!

@huxleywolfkin1202 6 жыл бұрын

THEY TRICKED US

@cooperwilliams2595 7 жыл бұрын

That's so cool!

@Fishy_Chameleon 7 жыл бұрын

at first i thought this video was showing off some weird fur suit

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

This is really neat.

@Genericfoxsonano 7 жыл бұрын

Lol totally not suspicious at all

@PhoenixProdLLC 7 жыл бұрын

What would the toxic waste output be for this process? Less than neoprene?

@direwolf8257 6 жыл бұрын

When you think the title means something else and you're not welcome here anymore

@alastai 7 жыл бұрын

Wetty Fursuit

@VoraciousAvgeek 5 жыл бұрын

I want to try to develop a fursuit in which you can swim in. I’ve been studying different designs, it’s not that easy, but someone needs to invent this type of fursuit!

@omegafeather6254 Жыл бұрын

Same for me to studying it after that. I could use it as my fursuit.

@MrBarryyoung 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought...one thing that should be considered...otters and beavers generally move in a forward direction...humans meanwhile move forward and backwards in all three planes...the singular direction of otter/beavers help keep the air trapped in their fur...along with the direction of their fur...this design would be very specialized...a suit for a person traveling in a single direction and for a short amount of time (air would eventually be disentrained)...maybe cold water competitive swimming...again cool thought but not sure about the application for humans...if there was a robot that needed to be kept warm that traveled in a single direction this would be perfect...have you considered actually incorporating air into the material? maybe similar to neoprene with more air...or have the fur on the inside? although fur on the inside would require seals around the neck hands and ankles like a dry suit so water wouldn't leak in

@hahnhuang1436 7 жыл бұрын

"incorporating air into the material" Isn't that pretty much how a drysuit works?

@MrBarryyoung 7 жыл бұрын

I am proposing something closer to wetsuit neoprene material that is sealed similar to a drysuit neoprene wetsuits work by having foam that insulates the water that your body warms in between the suit and your body...in a dry suit a water proof material protects you from getting wet...and they may or may not on its own keep you warm...a lot of divers wear a light sweater underneath their drysuit... My thought of "incorporating air into the material" would be that the air within the material would be the actual insulator...similar to how some mugs work to insulate your drink...the hard part would be to have the material flexible enough to facilitate use under water...on one hand if it is not flexible enough you can't move...on the other the pockets of air compress so you lose it's insulating property...the only thing I can think of is if the air is under pressure maybe it would prevent the air pocket compression...but even then you are trading off flexibility for insulation

@MerpSquirrel 7 жыл бұрын

Air on the outside, not inside.

@MrBarryyoung 7 жыл бұрын

@MerpSquirrel 7 жыл бұрын

Barry Young They are doing it by having air trapped between the hairs and using adhesion of the molecules and surface tension keeping the air in the "hairs" so water cannot push it out. That way eliminating any need to hold pressurized air. You last comment is exactly what a wetsuit is, your body heats the water between you and the suit, but also the neoprene is a cell foam that traps air bubbles in the foam to add additional insulation which is why you have thicker and thicker wetsuits (such as a 7mm or 8mm) problem is they are still transferring too much heat, so they made the dry suit which does what a vacuum mug does and creates an air pocket, but under water to keep that air from being compressed it needs to match the pressure of the water pushing in which can be huge, so that is why they are thick and not flexible.

@greenmario3011 7 жыл бұрын

I thought the title meant frog costumes

@samuelphipps5826 7 жыл бұрын

You may wanna rethink the title.

@adityam2407 7 жыл бұрын

interesting, very nice. But how is this providing a heating effect?

@Kissaki0 7 жыл бұрын

Classic wet suits let water in that your body heats up. As it does not transpire away as fast as it would without your suit (its kept inside for the most part) that's what keeps you warm. With this material air is used as an insulation material. Air does not transmit heat as well as water does, so as you are not in contact with water but with air, you lose way less heat to the air than you would lose to water.

@adityam2407 7 жыл бұрын

thanks to

@basiccoder2166 6 жыл бұрын

just add silicon on surface (Lotus effect)

@ispyonthefbi 7 жыл бұрын

this looks promising

@RavenAngel59 6 жыл бұрын

Oh I thought this title meant something else. Clickbait at its finest, MIT

@Bruh-vs8jv 6 жыл бұрын

Came for the fursuits, Got science That’s alright I guess

@villclank2916 5 жыл бұрын

I wanted to know how to make a waterproof fursuit but this is still cool

@sundaydonkey4155 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah *sniff* that's fine it's not like I wanted to be able to dive underwater in fursuit *wipes tear* totally fine

@Burghtrepz 6 жыл бұрын

I saw it once in man Vs wild

@nihilonidoxa 7 жыл бұрын

the skin skynet!

@C0Y0T3 7 жыл бұрын

I clicked on this thinking they were making wetsuits to go over fursuits...

@glidershower 6 жыл бұрын

I think the trick lies on the grease of the hair, given its hydrophobic properties, coupled with the already mentioned properties of air trapped between bristles. I see this technology having more future in perfecting insulating jackets for subartic temperatures, tho. I believe the only way a wetsuit can be effective is if it has an internal fluid thermic system, ideally one that requires as less energy as possible to maintain a constant temperature. Maybe a heavily hypertonic fluid? I dunno.

@danielgrigal4877 6 жыл бұрын

There people that clicked on this for furry stuff and people that clicked because they subscribed for the scientific entertainment. This seems to be both.

@glidershower 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Grigal More like clicked for morbid curiosity, stayed and commented for scientific interest. Had the title been "Armored Wetsuits", I still would've clicked, lolz.

@dariokarnincic717 7 жыл бұрын

Divers and surfers use neoprene, which is a sort of a foam, or in other words, air trapped in rubber.... Using hair like texture is interesting, but I don't see it happening....

@AceGryph 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao the title got me confused, but this idea is a cool idea but you certainly shouldnt call it that way x3

@RJ-mj4sh 6 жыл бұрын

Sooo............ It can trap air bubbles......... so can't drown........

@MuscleCarLover 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like I came here for the same reason as everyone else...one day this technology will be used to its full potential

@imafuckingidiotbutithinkth6336 7 жыл бұрын

it confused me cus we call them swimmers. and i was lookin at a not to be named category beforehand.

@lilau13 6 жыл бұрын

Bruh i was looking furry vids i thought it was brand new waterproof fursuits

@Dariraine 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the TITEL is furry fursuit

@guyfrompoland1358 3 жыл бұрын

as everyone I expected more topic

@cgherardini1 6 жыл бұрын

You thought

@H2O2FaMo 7 жыл бұрын

To trap even more air within the hairy structures, why don't you also treat the surface with a thin layer of super-hydrophobic coating? you're welcome!... (from an MIT alumnus)

@toxikwinterizedfrost1416 7 жыл бұрын

Cool

@leojoey6606 7 жыл бұрын

I won't believe it until a really hot guy with a beard is in the video explaining these scientific and mathematical concepts.

@exebassman 7 жыл бұрын

Intro song?

@sundaydonkey4155 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's the stranger things theme

@camerond.3156 7 жыл бұрын

KZfaq I DONT THINK YOU UNDERSTAND I'M TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT KIND OF FURRY

@maxtheleopard 7 жыл бұрын

Cameron D. lol

@morte3252 7 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure I will not swim in slime.

@Kakarotta17 6 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are MIT doing?

@rhar1703 7 жыл бұрын

better than wet fursuits amiright

@yeen.2123 6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@doomsman5674 7 жыл бұрын

furr example

@Oeufcoque 7 жыл бұрын

Otter fursuiters rejoice?

@baw7925 6 жыл бұрын

This better be out in Fox colors soon

@danielthebat9029 7 жыл бұрын

its ironic that this show up when you type in furry

@sufficient4834 7 жыл бұрын

Well this comment section got cancerous fast. Shouldn't be surprised since this is how this site is normally.

@spacetoast98 6 жыл бұрын

I was just searching for a furry video..........moving on

@McHeisenburger 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it meant a different type of "Furry."

@beanslinger4616 6 жыл бұрын

Got here cause of watching Furtubers

@adityam2407 7 жыл бұрын

sorry, my doubt was cleares

@alexderpyracc4053 6 жыл бұрын

Bait

@mr.meeseeks8201 7 жыл бұрын

Everyone is watching this because they thought it was a wet suit for fursuits

@the_jimmy_nation 7 жыл бұрын

That's. A. Bit. Misleading. MIT!

@LilBartholomew7382 6 жыл бұрын

Thought it was a wetsuit for furrys from the title.

@greg77389 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure drysuits already do this...

@thesral96 7 жыл бұрын

0:29 HARAMBE IS ALIVE!

@zipda8137 7 жыл бұрын

oh my god, this made me click because of the word "furry" NNOOOOO -cries- i really would want a fur suit that was water proof XD

@shokiios7094 6 жыл бұрын

I found this when I was watching videos about the furry fandom

@sadrussianegg887 6 жыл бұрын

YES THE FURRYS SHALL RISE ABOVE

@mirror_raccoon 6 жыл бұрын

furrys are gonnna love this

@IrrgartenDotPng 6 жыл бұрын

I dont

@sundaydonkey4155 5 жыл бұрын

@@IrrgartenDotPng fuck off

@largeymargey5651 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a furry but seriously why is this in my recommended section?!?!

@stencil_ized 7 жыл бұрын

anette got big nostrils

@plum_pie6402 5 жыл бұрын

this is not what i was expecting ;-; false advertising

@moncef0147 7 жыл бұрын

oh god, never use those words in a title again, just the thumbnails of the recommended videos on the side made me cringe so hard...

@giantmetaldog9153 7 жыл бұрын

"FURRY VINE COMPILATION 2016" "HOW I TOLD MY PARENTS I'M A FURRY" "FURRY CRINGE COMPILATION"

@Haru-mo3mf 7 жыл бұрын

Sumiter Crosis they hate us cuz they aint us B| or they hate we fit into a community and they fail to themselves thats why they hate on us

@jacksonsingleton 7 жыл бұрын

Or it's because you have no meaningful contribution to society other than dressing up as fictional animals for absolutely no fucking reason, and your name is in "Dragon Tongue", which I seem to have forgotten that was something that actually existed.

@Haru-mo3mf 7 жыл бұрын

Jackson Singleton furries have raised alot of money for charity multiple times, what did you do for society

@jacksonsingleton 7 жыл бұрын

Volunteering for animal shelters and Habitats for Humanities. Helping my community when my city was hit by hurricane Ike in 2008. Donating money to computer science education charities(Code.org) since I've gotten my first job. Contributing to open-source software. Working up to 40 extra hours a week on top of college and a job to help promote local businesses and artists in my area. Mentoring robotics teams at local high schools. Not much else considering I'm only 18

@philonetic 7 жыл бұрын

Love M.I.T., but this hardly seems innovative. A flexible polymer foam sponge thermal insulator with an open-cell structure would be just as efficient, if not more so. It could even be applied as an insulating coating to already existing materials. They also aren't considering the most basic of thermal conductivity principles; Surface emissivity Upscaling of insulation thickness Density Specific heat capacity Thermal bridging no?

@adityam2407 7 жыл бұрын

@Kissaki0 7 жыл бұрын

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