A ski jacket material for frost and flames | Tech News on ZDNet

"The Northborough, Mass.-based company has found a way to mass produce aerogels, one of the most effective--but also finicky--insulating materials in the industrial world. Aerogels are essentially blankets of air. A 1/4-inch-thick blanket large enough to cover the world might consist of 5 percent fiber and 95 percent air. "