Spacesuit Comfort.

Chapter thirty four as space ware becomes a 'mere weightless' the strange 'amoeba' shoes are designed to be 3D printed using a material made of synthetic primitive cells that regenerates overnight as this could be the future skin for humanoid android or even ‘space ware’ but it could be 40 years until they become a reality. 
The amoeba surface-adapting photocell trainers are intended to be the ultimate futuristic bespoke shoe that fit like a second skin and support feet in a new way. The conceptual shoes are designed to fit like a second skin and the materials they are made from is built to act a little like human skin too as the protocells can self-heal and are responsive to pressure, despite not truly being alive. They will react to pressure created by a runner by inflating in places to provide extra cushioning where it is most needed. In order for the shoes to maintain their biological properties they must be stored in a jar filled with special photocell liquid overnight. The concept for the protocell trainer has been envisioned by London-based designer, Shamees Aden, who is fascinated in how new scientific practices could impact future products. The shoes of the future as 3D printed slip-ons could one day regenerate so they never wear out The amoeba surface-adapting trainer is designed to be 3D printed using a material made of synthetic primitive cells that regenerate overnight Using protocells, the conceptual shoes could regenerate when kept in a special liquid and provide cushioning where needed on a runner's foot. Protocells might be at the heart of an entirely new biotechnology, if subject to specific selective pressure 'for example, for removing toxic compounds or synthesizing useful ones' But besides potential applications, of course, they also carry an intrinsic interest: their relationship to the problem of the origins of life. Most researchers in protocells do not aim at precisely reproducing the process of the emergence of life on earth, a goal which might even turn out to be unachievable due to lack of recorded information.

A British designer has come up with a concept for a pair of shoes made from ‘cells’ that regenerate so they don’t wear out.‘Protocells is a form of synthetic biology that blurs the gap between the non-living and living,’ she wrote on her website.
The shoes will be composed of primitive cells called protocells, which are simple molecules that lack the complexity of biological cells.‘They are life-like and not living,’ Ms Aden told space cruising. ‘The amoeba surface-adapting trainer is a tangible product concept that seeks to probe the future of new materials, based on the advantages of science and particulate the science of protocells,’ she added.The shoes will fit like a second skin as the materials they will be made from is designed to act a little like human skin as the protocells will self-heal and will be responsive to pressure, despite not truly being alive.The concept for the protocell trainer has been envisioned by London-based designer, Shamees Aden, who is fascinated in how new scientific practices could impact future products Protocells are hypothetical lifelike entities, capable of growing and dividing.
They can give rise to offspring that are similar to their parents but not identical and therefore possess all the ingredients necessary for Darwinian evolution.it is possible to imagine a population of simple protocells change in time, acquiring more sophisticated properties, Roberto Serra wrote for  space cruising the amoeba surface-adapting protocell trainers are intended to be the ultimate futuristic bespoke shoe that fit like a second skin and support feet in a new way. This image is illustrates the idea that the material could move to places in the foot that need extra cushioning, as if they are alive. Protocells are hypothetical life like entities, capable of growing and dividing, thus giving rise to offspring that are similar to their parents but, due to the noise inherent in the process, not identical to them. Protocells therefore possess all the ingredients necessary for Darwinian evolution, and it is possible to imagine that a population of initially very simple protocells change in time, acquiring more sophisticated properties.The shoes are part of a wider movement by scientists to imagine and make artificial living systems that can respond to different behaviors such as pressure and light. Ms Aden worked on the idea for  her shoes with protocell expert Dr Martin Hanczyc, a professor at the University of Southern Denmark.Her product concept looks into the future of footwear design in 2050 and was part of her MA project for the textiles future course at Central St Martins London.

Protocells might be at the heart of new biotechnology, if subject to specific selective pressure. 
The ‘Amoeba’ surface-adapting trainer is a conceptual prototype that seeks to probe the future of new materials derived from protocells. They blur the gap between the non-living and the living.Engineering the emergence of life from lifeless liquid chemicals manufactured artificially in the laboratory could provide the building blocks to create a new man-made nature, Ms Aden said. Ms Aden told space cruising ‘The cells have the capability to inflate and deflate and to respond to pressure.’ She wrote 'the effect to the athlete is that the photocell synchronizes to the individual's foot because this living technology is responsive and re-configurable  adapting in real-time to the current activity of the runner by adding extra support in high impact areas.' 

For the shoes to maintain their biological properties, they must be stored in a jar filled with special photocell liquid overnight. Different coloured liquid could be used to temporarily dye the shoes different colours, she said. ‘You would take the trainers home and you would have to care for it as if it was a plant, making sure it has the natural resources needed to rejuvenate the cells,’ Ms Aden said. While the prospect of being able to wear alien-like shoes is exciting, the designer thinks it might take 40 years until the technology is ready to be used to make trainers for the public. ‘Encouraging the emergence of life from lifeless liquid chemicals manufactured artificially in the laboratory could provide us the building blocks to create a new man-made nature,’ she said.