Do you recoil at the brush of human contact? Do you commute via a major city's subway network?Keeping other people off has never been easier, thanks to the $945 No Contact jacket, which, at the flick of a switch concealed in one sleeve, shivers with a pulse of 80,000 volts.
While someone such as I might use this to jump a PS3 queue, a more serious application is in mind: seventy-five percent of women eventually fall victim of some kind of violent crime, according to a Senate Judiciary Commission, and zapping an aggressor could make for a shocking deterrent. Unlike the evidence-gathering cellphone, this piece of technology has a more immediate and stunning effect.
The marketing writes itself, as well: Don't be seen dead in it. Not sure I'd want to deploy it in a rain shower, mind you...
Product site [via Tech Digest]
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Each year, wild speculation surrounds Macworld and what new products are going to be launched. Take your bets.
