After a very busy (and ultimately triumphant!) push for the MIT IDEAS competition this spring, the HeatSource Textiles team finally took some time to celebrate by spending some quality time together (among other things, by watching the strangest BBC show on Youtube).
Ah, but how time flies! Last weekend we assembled a ton of encapsulated PCM packets in Celeste's kitchen, being careful to avoid accidentally pouring molten wax down the drain (which, it turns out, looks identical to water). It was great fun, what with the parents and quizzical roommates and the upscale pastries.
The purpose of our frantic rush was to prepare a batch of PCM and textile prototypes for Scot Frank, Catlin Powers and Amy Qian to take with them on their journey to western China this summer.
So, thanks to the excellent efforts of all who participated, we're fortunate to have the materials and team-members in place to do some serious testing and product evaluation in China over the summer. It's all quite exciting. Check out Catlin's blog at Change.org for field updates. This blog will generally re-report field updates and record our teams' planning efforts in Boston.
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