Friday, June 20, 2014

Funny-Looking Coat Turns Away Spying Electronic Eyes

http://ift.tt/1pnlPEO // Jammer_coat

If you always wanted Harry Potter's invisibility cloak but wished it was a bit comfier, your wish may have come true.


Austrian architecture firm Coop-Himmelblau has designed a Snuggie-like piece of clothing that jams the wearer's phone, effectively rendering him invisible. The Jammer Coat shields the phone from wireless signals, so the device becomes undetectable to things like search engines or tracking software, and there's no way for anyone to pull credit card information.



The code is basically a Faraday cage, with metals embedded in the fabric that reflect incoming radio waves, protecting the wearer from unwittingly sharing any information on any device beneath it. Read more...


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from MashableKatie Nelson
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