Air-Conditioned Shirts Will Soon Be a Thing

The body is a good generator of heat, and retailers have figured out ingenious ways of trapping all that warmth with all sorts of coverings made from natural and synthetic materials.

But keeping the body cool without external help from fans and air conditioning units is a much bigger challenge. The problem is, any material that is porous enough to release the body’s thermal energy is generally transparent—not a helpful feature in clothing.