Chariot, a line of self-cleaning, hydrophobic clothing by California-based Fidea Inc, has launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to raise a seed funding goal of US $20,000. Chariot claims that although its clothing is essentially waterproof, breathability is retained. He originally was researching for ways to waterproof electronic devices, but the idea eventually evolved into creating ‘waterproof’ clothing. Similar to Chariot, Silic is also a line of hydrophobic clothing, claiming that “unlike other hydrophobic nanotechnology application processes out there, ours is not cancerous”. Chariot’s Kickstarter campaign will run until June 8, and pledges to receive a piece of Chariot clothing starts from US $39 for a T-shirt.