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+==== Solution/Results ====
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 == Working process and results.==
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   * Disease: this secondary effect of bad weather conditions is in third place. Because not all medicine falls into this category.
   * Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes.
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 == Comparison of the expected and the actual results. ==
+My research broadened from designing clothes for meteorological catastrophes to a wild and hilarious journey through portable safety technology. I did not go into material research for this because that seemed like a world too vast to cover. And it would not have been effective for reaching my goal, which relies more on imagination than on expertise. But it would have fitted nicely with research done by Lina Kusaite, who is looking into developing a material library.
+The domain of portable safety technology turned out to be much more varied than I anticipated. The history of portable personal safety technology is rich. An overview of this field formed and it shows the diversity of technologies and suggests risk hierarchies. For a successful Tsunamipants design some ingredients are crucial. I look at the combinations of already existing products and fusing them into an unlikely hybrid. As noted above, the need to shift focus became apparent during the design stages. This resulted in designs for many different situations, more connected to climate change issues in a broad sense and not just weather induced disasters.
 == Suggestions and comments on the research process and its results. ==
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   * The [[survival engineering]] collection could be extended with strategies used by animals and plants.
   * Martin Brolin could be used to study the possibilities of merchandising.
-  * Design could move into 3-d prototyping.
+  * Move into 3-d prototyping.
-  * Design could be extended into material research.
+  * Extend into material research.
-  * Tunamipants could pop-up in FoAM or FoAM partner events
+  * Tunamipants could pop-up in FoAM or FoAM partner events.
+  * Move from the history of safety into the direction of the history of sustainability. I've started tracing my own cultural roots; into the Zeeuwse farms and their (forgotten) technologies.
+  * More Tsunamifood, like the Noodleboots, and associated recipes.
 ==Public response. ==
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 The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, unlikely threats or solutions seemed powerful tools for connecting with people. Also a good description of the invention works. The imagery may work better in full-color.
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   * Paradiso, on Climate Change by Pier Vellinga, one of the founders of the IPCC. http://www.ipcc.ch
   * BBC 2, Civilization, Lord Kenneth Clark. http://www.tvfactual.co.uk/civilisation.htm
+  * VPRO, Tegenlicht, episode: Cradle-to-Cradle and episode: de Toekomst van ons Voedsel. http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/afleveringen/
 == Material generated in the research to be archived at FoAM. ==