Swedish hi-tech clothing — the perfect superhero outfit?

www.sweden.se ^ | 04/24/2009 | Ann-Christine Andréasson

[WesternCulture]

A glove that works as a cell phone, a vest that senses danger and a tank top that measures heart rate. It seems that the hi-tech textiles by Swedish School of Textiles researcher Lena Berglin could turn anyone into a superhero.

[wastedyears]

The glove has been done already.

[mylife]

Stoopid...

[WesternCulture]

Once upon a time, a camera was a camera and a cell phone a cell phone.

Thanks to Sony Ericsson, Nokia and others this is no longer the case.

I can live with that.

But do we need mittens that could work as cell phones?

As a Swede, I feel our hi-tech engineers and scientists perhaps should focus more on finding effective ways to blow up Talibans.

Seriously speaking, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out there actually exists a market for some of these products.

[BenLurkin]

[Dustbunny]

Would have been nice to know what the picture you posted was about.

[OneWingedShark]

*insert Super Mario Bros. theme here*

[BenLurkin]

Swedish superheros.

[truemiester]

WOWOWOWOWOw!

Where did you get that picture? It must be from Swedens desert southwest.

[wastedyears]

Done with Tesla coils?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX5V_9s0Gfw

[OneWingedShark]

LOL — Yep, that’s an awesome vid....

[WesternCulture]

“Swedish superheroes.”

- And here I was thinking there existed only one Swedish superhero;

Bamse, the Socialist Bear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamse

[steve-b]

That picture is its own justification. :-)

[agere_contra]

Yeah, we need a rule. No more pictures of gorgeous Swedish blondes without two paragraphs of explicatory text!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Those tank tops do more than just measure heart rate.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Would have been nice to know what the picture you posted was about.

Who cares?

[NerdDad]

Aren’t those girls the FR shooting team? Seems like I have seen a similar pic of that group on the admin mod page. Magnificent.

[Admin Moderator]

Truth be told, they're part of the Mod Squad!

;)

[NerdDad]

Sweet Mary!!

All hail the Mod Squad.

[Admin Moderator]

LOL