Army Testing Cooling Vests
Cooling vests or wearable cooling systems like this have been around for quite sometime. NASA developed the basics of the system for the Apollo missions and actually had worked with a private company to develop applications for sports medicine. So instead of ice packs they designed theses cooling wraps for ankles, knees, elbows, shoulders, ect. Here is an article from about a year ago on it.
The Army's vests obviously have to perform in a very different environment, so it will be interesting to see how well they perform.
"The vests are worn under body armor and a hose from each vest is plugged into the Humvee’s on-board air-conditioning system. Liquid from the vehicle’s AC system circulates through the vest, cooling its wearer."
The Army's vests obviously have to perform in a very different environment, so it will be interesting to see how well they perform.
"The vests are worn under body armor and a hose from each vest is plugged into the Humvee’s on-board air-conditioning system. Liquid from the vehicle’s AC system circulates through the vest, cooling its wearer."
posted by 36ghosts at 12/28/2005 02:23:00 PM
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