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minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoSo do we have extreme weather gear based on similar principles and layout, or have we discovered a configuration that works better?
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoI think it would be too fragile for most purposes. Unless you can make missing feathers grow back like a living penguin it would wear out quite fast.
minus-squareautriyo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoMost wearable insulation works pretty similar, right? Its a layer of air, trapped in some kind of matrix, so that it can’t move, with some sort of inner and outer shell.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoNot yet but hopefully soon because penguin coats are really expensive.
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agoEver Mr Burns has to make do with real gorilla chest:
So do we have extreme weather gear based on similar principles and layout, or have we discovered a configuration that works better?
I think it would be too fragile for most purposes. Unless you can make missing feathers grow back like a living penguin it would wear out quite fast.
Most wearable insulation works pretty similar, right?
Its a layer of air, trapped in some kind of matrix, so that it can’t move, with some sort of inner and outer shell.
Not yet but hopefully soon because penguin coats are really expensive.
Ever Mr Burns has to make do with real gorilla chest: