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Good grief. It’s a jacket women can wear that stuns anyone who touches it with an electric shock. You must think I’m making this up, but according to WIRED Magazine :
Shocking New Jacket Hits Street
By Leander KahneyA new anti-assault device for women wards off potential assailants with an 80,000-volt electric shock.
Dubbed “exo-electric armor,” the No-Contact Jacket looks like an ordinary fashionable women’s coat. But an inner layer of conductive fiber carries a low-amp charge that delivers a nasty but non-lethal shock to anyone who messes with its wearer.
“It’s kind of like sticking your finger in a wall socket,” said Adam Whiton, one of its designers. “It hurts. If someone tries to grab you from behind, they get the full, hefty shock out of it. That’s really painful.” ...
To prevent accidental discharges, the wearer must arm the jacket before it can deliver a shock. A lock on the sleeve must first be opened with a key, and then the charge is built up by holding down a button inside one of the sleeves.
The idea is to charge it only in threatening situations or when the wearer feels vulnerable, Whiton said. A woman might arm it when she’s walking to her car at night, for instance.
Is this a good idea? I guess so, if the woman doesn’t mind having all her jackets made out of Robocop material. Hey, you gotta love this though:
When charged, the jacket crackles audibly. A pair of slits in the outer lining shows the electric arcs that course across the entire middle layer. It’s an impressive display of the jacket’s power.
