Aerogel is a meta-material created by NASA that is mostly composed of air. This makes it very good at insulating. The problem is that the first version of Aerogel was very easy to crush, very powdery and messy to deal with, retained moisture, and in general was not usable for a lot of applications. Other Aerogel versions have come on the market to reduce those limitations and some add other abilities.
Insulation is the main use of this meta-material. At this point the insulating abilities are mostly used by industrial applications to insulate manufacturing plant pipes that are very hot or very cold and need to stay that way for what they are doing.
POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS
- Camping cooler (maybe the Cool Cooler from Kickstarter could use it. Website | Buy on Amazon)
- Thermos (On Amazon)
- Tiny House (Google Images | reddit forum), Van Dwelling (Google Images | reddit forum), Float House (Google Images), Campers (Google Images), Trailers (Google Images), RV (Google Images), Party Bus (Google Image), Shipping Container Home (Google Images | Use Case PDF)
- Clothing and Footwear – Gloves, hat, face mask, boots, shoes(use with superhydrophobic coating), pant covers, coat, full length coat, sleeping bag, tent, footwear insoles
- Fridge / Freezer (keeps heat out to reduce electricity consumption)
- Oven / Toaster Oven (keeps heat in and more efficient)
- Heating and cooling air ducts (HVAC)
- Industrial piping and stacks
- Beverage cooler/dispenser (Amazon)
The flexible mattering I am thinking would be good to use is from www.Aerogel.com and is called Pyrogel-XT-E