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A Common Thread
An article in Caswell Center’s newsletter relates how
the facility – and its service recipients – gain
significant benefits from the use of a number of specialty
products and fabrics from Domestic Fabrics. Click to read
article.
Some Push to Make Hospitals
Disclose Rates of Infection
The Wall Street Journal reports on an issue faced by all hospitals
today. (We believe SILVERion® antimicrobial technology
may have enormous potential as a solution.)
Industries
cope with cheap overseas labor
Domestic Fabric's owner, Fred Hunneke, chose the only option
many in the industry see available: re-invention. Domestic
manufactures specialty fabrics for niche markets to give the
company an edge over foreign competition.
OUR SILVERion® TECHNOLOGY TEAMS
UP WITH NASA TECHNOLOGY.
No Bath Time: In space, it's not easy being clean
Six months aboard the International Space Shuttle present real challenges in keeping astronauts fresh - but 18-month missions to Mars will really require some innovative techniques. The clothing articles mentioned (and the sheets pictured) in this article are from Domestic Fabrics.
Astronauts
May Soon Wear Germ-Fighting Clothes
Domestic Fabrics has been supplying special clothes, bed sheets
and towels that are naturally resistant to odor-causing bacteria,
mold and mildew to scientists working in an underwater lab
owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Synthetic
fibers embedded with silver molecules used to create bacteria
resistant clothing - NASA considers application for astronauts
Scientists working in an underwater lab owned by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration utilize silver-embedded
fabrics made by Domestic Fabrics.
NASA Tests Silver
Clothes – Underwater
When NASA crewmembers went underwater for a recent 10-day
training mission, they wore silver-based clothing to cut down
on bacteria and odor.
Foss
Manufacturing's Protects NASA Crew's Clothing and Linens from
Destructive and Odor-Causing Bacteria
Clothing and linens used by NASA crewmembers on a recent undersea
mission were highly successful in providing protection against
the growth of destructive and odor-causing bacteria, mold,
and mildew during the mission. The materials were produced
in partnership with Domestic Fabrics in Kinston, North Carolina.
NASA
turns to deep sea training for space
The program tested exercise equipment, silver-treated textiles
to kill bacteria and infrared tracking systems likely to find
their way to the space station.
NASA
astronauts spending 10 days under water to train for outer
space
The crew is testing so-called silver ion technology, by wearing
silver-laced shirts to assess whether this can reduce the
amount of bacteria and whether such technology could be used
as an antimicrobial in outer space.
NASA
Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO VI
The moist, enclosed, and isolated Aquarius habitat is an ideal
environment in which to evaluate existing commercial silver
ion technology as a potential microbial countermeasure.
And just in case you find space missions as fascinating as
we do ...
The
Undersea Experience: An Analog to Outer Space
This is the official site of NEEMO - NASA Extreme Environment
Mission Operations.
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