<\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nTo that end, a warmer climate may also only heighten the interest among industry partners in developing cutting-edge clothing that keeps the consumer cool in their day-to-day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost of the time when you\u2019re looking at the effects of comfort on clothing you\u2019re looking at temperature and humidity,\u201d Deaton points out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That may well call for new and emerging technology to aid TPACC researchers, Barker adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe see a real role for TPACC that involves new-generation, instrumented manikins that are better able to operate at temperatures that are above normal,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond that? It\u2019s hard to get much more specific. After all, if there\u2019s been one constant over the past 30 years, it\u2019s been the ability of Barker and his team to adapt and respond in the wake of major global events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all driven by what\u2019s happening,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve found is that we have to keep changing and evolving based on that need. There are always new hazards that are coming up. That\u2019s why the research has such a ring of currency to it. It\u2019s because we\u2019re responding.<\/strong>\"<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The one-of-a-kind facility on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus remains an invaluable asset for NC State, the Wilson College of Textiles and its partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":62956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"Sean Cudahy","ncst_show_custom_author":true,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"displayCategoryID\":512,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[742,512,496,479],"tags":[1875,1143,2327,504,1108,1382],"class_list":["post-62955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newswire","category-research-and-innovation","category-tatm","category-tecs","tag-department-of-textile-and-apparel-technology-and-management","tag-department-of-textile-engineering-chemistry-and-science","tag-faculty-research","tag-research","tag-textile-protection-and-comfort-center","tag-wilson-college-of-textiles"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":512,"name":"Research and Innovation","slug":"research-and-innovation","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":512,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":243,"filter":"raw"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
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