Newton at Nike's Hyperschool

    SEATTLE, WA, January 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hyperschool was set up for the media as a venue where Nike designers, researchers and developers from the Nike Explore Team Sport Research Lab could discuss their approach to apparel innovation in areas such as materials testing, fit and flexibility analysis, thermal comfort evaluation, and more, all towards the goal of creating the advanced sport apparel systems needed to protect athletes and maximize their performance under any conditions.

Newton was at center-stage during the Thermal Comfort session at Hyperschool, and he was a most helpful teacher's aide as Nike leaders reviewed the complex battery of thermal resistance and moisture permeability tests they use to evaluate the thermal comfort characteristics of textile materials and apparel designs.

Newton is at the head of his class when it comes to advanced research, but this versatile sweating thermal manikin system also includes fully automated testing capabilities that are compliant to the following standards:

ASTM F1291 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Thermal Insulation of Clothing Using a Heated Manikin
ASTM F1720 Standard Test Method for Measuring Thermal Insulation of Sleeping Bags Using a Heated Manikin
ASTM F2370 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Evaporative Resistance of Clothing Using a Sweating Manikin
ASTM F2371 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Heat Removal Rate of Personal Cooling Systems Using a Sweating Heated Manikin
EN 342 Ensembles and garments for protection against cold (walking manikin test)
EN 13537 Thermal properties of Sleeping Bags
ISO/DIS 15831 Measurement of thermal insulation by means of a thermal manikin

Hyperschool was a great success, but fame is fleeting and Newton is now back at work on the Nike campus, no doubt already contributing to the next Nike clothing innovation.

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