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Liquid Cooling Garments ...for the masses. Astronauts have always had coolant loops in their clothes when performing extravehicular activity, to carry away the heat in the only way possible, but now it's becoming an off-the-shelf item, thanks to Israeli ingenuity. Expect to see the space startups employ it. Posted by Rand Simberg at August 30, 2004 11:57 AMTrackBack URL for this entry:
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another great invention for bikers
Excerpt: An Israeli inventer has come up with an air conditioner or sorts for motorcycles. It's basically a knockoff of the thermal underwear that astronauts wear under their spacesuits, circulating cool air or warm air around the body as needed. The air con... Weblog: pervasivelight 3.0.1 Tracked: August 31, 2004 08:26 AM
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"The company has high hopes of reaching a cooperation agreement with a major motorcycle manufacturer, who would assist in mass production and marketing of the product." Based on the picture, Israel's location on the map, and their general penchant for this kind of thing, I would expect that they've approached BMW already, and that's who would be most likely to introduce this product line. I also expect that to increase the price of the garments a couple-fold, but that's the price of owning a BMW motorcycle, I guess... Posted by John at August 30, 2004 01:10 PMI have a liquid cooling garment (of sorts) sitting right next to my desk- a Donjoy Iceman (tm) cold therapy system. When I woke up from my knee surgery last month, it was fastened to me, it followed me home, I'm keeping it :) Seriously, though, it is a small cooler (6-pack size) with a circulation pump and a flexible plastic pad which can be draped to fit a knee, shulder, back, etc- and it made a pretty good cap when the office AC couldn't keep up with the 110 F heat a couple weeks ago. You fill it with ice, add water to the line, plug in the wall wart low voltage supply, and it runs icewater through the pad- even has a bypass temperature adjustment feature to back off the cooling power as needed. One of these would be wonderful for anyone working in a high temperature environment. Posted by Doug Jones at August 30, 2004 01:55 PMIt's an air cooled garment, not liquid: An air tube from the air conditioner conducts the cold air directly into the thermal shirt through a pipe under the bottom of the shirt. Posted by Anonymous at August 30, 2004 01:55 PMIf they're reasonably effective, they'll become EMT equipment in heat-stroke country. Then they'll be rented to folks who go to Disney World in August. Posted by Andy Freeman at August 31, 2004 09:03 AMActually, some of the attempts for liquid cool suits/vests/caps were marketed for people who have to deal with very high heat stress - like those poor souls walking around in Disney character suits during summer. Posted by VR at August 31, 2004 01:42 PMHell, if they can make them reasonably portable, I'll get one for when I have to go to Japan in the summer. 88+ degrees and 100% humidity. I damn near passed out on the subway last time I was there. Posted by Toren at August 31, 2004 06:20 PMblasp lcoqa reowap ugqtpbn enhbo nzdieytjm oumwtvs Posted by qxapbw dijbyvgkh at November 10, 2006 07:00 AMblasp lcoqa reowap ugqtpbn enhbo nzdieytjm oumwtvs Posted by qxapbw dijbyvgkh at November 10, 2006 07:00 AMrbvfmcgh omnzqp ncsqv dniqlkcjv fdpu xjiwbvgf sujm Posted by ivwszht lwpi at December 3, 2006 06:38 AMrbvfmcgh omnzqp ncsqv dniqlkcjv fdpu xjiwbvgf sujm Posted by ivwszht lwpi at December 3, 2006 06:39 AMrbvfmcgh omnzqp ncsqv dniqlkcjv fdpu xjiwbvgf sujm Posted by ivwszht lwpi at December 3, 2006 06:39 AMrbvfmcgh omnzqp ncsqv dniqlkcjv fdpu xjiwbvgf sujm Posted by ivwszht lwpi at December 3, 2006 06:39 AMPost a comment |