The BioSuit

clipped from www.astronautix.com Bio-Suit Biosuit Class: Manned. Type: Space Suits. Nation: USA. Agency: MIT. Electric Alloy Mesh Concept, using a seamless Shape Memory Alloy mesh to generate voltage-controlled mechanical counter-pressure. Pressure would be distributed by a viscous thermal-regulating gel layer. The gel layer moderated the high temperature of the SMA later and protected the body against impacts the skin directly, wicking away perspiration and absorbing body heat. Thermal Gel Suit Concept, using "smart" polymer gels which expanded at a threshold temperature to create mechanical counter-pressure. The smart gel was trapped in a quilted layer beneath a stretchless restraint layer. The restraint layer prevented outward expansion of the gel, directing the pressure inwards against the body. Electric Gel Suit , using "smart polymer gels which expanded in an electric field to create mechanical counter-pressure. Stretch Alloy Band Suit Concept Electric Alloy Zipper Suits Electric Alloy Remote Zipper Suit concept