Nieuwe Heren's Aegis Parka lights up in bad air
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The pollution-sensing Aegis Parka
For now the Aegis Parka remains a prototype
The jacket is treated the photocatalyst titanium dioxide, a compound with anti-fouling and sterilizing properties when exposed to ultraviolet light
The pollution-sensing Aegis Parka
The jacket is treated the photocatalyst titanium dioxide, a compound with anti-fouling and sterilizing properties when exposed to ultraviolet light
The pollution-sensing Aegis Parka
Nieuwe Heren claims that the integrated "respirator" is able to filter nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, hydrocarbons, asbestos dust, black smoke diesel emissions, road dust and pollen
For now the Aegis Parka remains a prototype
The pollution-sensing Aegis Parka
Article Summary
The fertile minds of the futurist-designers at Nieuwe Heren (they of "Beauty and the Geek" keyboard-pants infamy) have been in touch to tell us about their latest design: a jacket named the Aegis Parka that both senses and offers protection from airborne pollutants common to inner cities. The worse the air quality, the more integrated LEDs on the jacket's front light up.
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