Will advancement of Chemicals create All-in-1 Capsules?

Recently, an interior designer managed to condense the whole room full of furniture and accessories into just one small box. Whilst this is a very traditional way of doing it, it shows a proven concept that compacting objects is a possible solution, and with advancement of technologies can become a reality. 

The chemical industry has seen a lot of advancement and breakthrough technologies recently. New materials are being innovated with amazing properties. In the semiconductor technology, semiconducting material as thin as 1 atom is being touted to become the next breakthrough providing more efficient advance computing and at the same time consuming a much lower power. Other materials in the chemical industry such as speciality polymers and thermoplastics are becoming popular with the recent 3D printing technologies. 

Imagine carrying your whole personal things including your comfy beds in a typical bag of thermoplastics that can be turned into rooms, furniture and other items via 3D printing. 3D printing allows the materials to solidify via lasers and become solid objects. The technology is already available and the first step towards creation of compact materials to produce light weight and strong objects but occupying big volume that otherwise will require logistics solutions to move from one place to another. 

If you think about it, at atomic levels, all solid objects consist mostly of vacuum and space, occupying almost nothing. The volume of atoms occupy less than 1% of the solid structure but enough to make solid materials. 

With the world population becoming denser, creative solutions for space and mobility would be a niche market for the future. It is only normal for the chemical industry to follow this trend. Rather than buying a house and later on buying each individual item and furniture in the house, it would be possible to be completely mobile just by having a bag full of thermoplastics and a 3D printer. Load your personal items into the printer and it quickly produce all the necessary equipment required. 

When you need to move out, simply recycle the materials via a solvent which can be invented via spray system to recover the materials and redo in your next destination. A system of simply renting of the materials is also possible which can make one completely mobile at the same time carrying the whole personal items with them.

The application is endless, with today's challenging world and constantly mobile population. Accommodation renters such as those in AirBnB could potentially redesign their rented apartment as per the taste of customers.

Imagine a material that so thin albeit strong, that can be compacted into a capsule, and once it pops up, it transforms into ordinary objects. This could very well be the future of chemistry. This concept is available in Japan (albeit in Dragon Ball comics only – introduced as the future of Capsule Corporation). Nanotechnology, advance computing, 3D printing and new chemistry will ensure that an All-in-1 Capsule will become a reality.