{"id":62563,"date":"2011-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-professor-tracks-use-of-fibers-from-prehistoric-times-to-future-uses\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-professor-tracks-use-of-fibers-from-prehistoric-times-to-future-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/uri-professor-tracks-use-of-fibers-from-prehistoric-times-to-future-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 professor tracks use of fibers from prehistoric times to future uses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tThe evolution of textiles continues<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON \u2014 December 7, 2011 — That $300 pair of designer jeans you bought last fall may be \u201cso yesterday,\u201d but it\u2019s part of a long tradition of innovation stretching back to the earliest humans who needed to cover their naked bodies to protect them from the cold as they moved out of the plains of Africa. It\u2019s also just one step along an evolutionary chain that is driving technology and innovation into the future.<\/p>\n


\nMartin Bide, chairman of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s department of textiles, took attendees of the \u201cRhode Island Defense and Textile Day\u201d on a brief tour of the history of textiles from its earliest origins, to its current high-tech uses, to the mind-bending ways it may be used in the decades to come. <\/p>\n


\nGov. Lincoln Chafee was among several state leaders and military officers on hand to open Monday\u2019s event in the Memorial Union Ballroom with welcome remarks.<\/p>\n


\nBide\u2019s presentation, titled \u201cTextiles: Past, Present and Future,\u201d showed how the textile industry has paced innovation and growth across more than just fashion.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAny country that wants to enter the global economy is going to do so by cutting and sewing first,\u201d Bide said.<\/p>\n


\nBide pointed to the Industrial Revolution as a chief example of the driving force textiles provide, noting how, as factories filled with workers began cranking out fabrics, other industries and cities grew around them. Food service grew to feed the rising populations, construction flourished as housing was built to accommodate the hundreds of factory workers and their families and retailers opened shops to take advantage of the growing number of consumers.<\/p>\n


\nToday, many advances in chemistry and manufacturing are made as textile companies seek cutting-edge dyes and efficient machinery to make their products. <\/p>\n


\nBut the textile industry isn\u2019t solely making the fashionistas of the world look good. It is saving lives with high-tech bandages that promote blood clotting, flame-resistant clothing and bullet-resistant armor. The industry has even made inroads inside the human body, with artificial ligaments and arteries made of micro-fibers. <\/p>\n


\nResearchers are even trying to find ways to replicate the strength and flexibility of spider silk strands using genetic replacement therapy on goats to produce webs from their milk. <\/p>\n


\nBide said that as the industry continues to advance and expand, it is creating a generation of thinkers who can apply their knowledge to any number of facets of the world economy, whether in chemistry, manufacturing, defense, business and, yes, even fashion. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cInnovation requires people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, call Bide at (401) 874-2276<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The evolution of textiles continues KINGSTON \u2014 December 7, 2011 — That $300 pair of designer jeans you bought last fall may be \u201cso yesterday,\u201d but it\u2019s part of a long tradition of innovation stretching back to the earliest humans who needed to cover their naked bodies to protect them from the cold as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}