Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
I'll Take Two, Please
U.S. Army's Creepy Sci-Fi Helmets Come With Built-In A/C
By Kyle Stock May 13, 2014, BusinessWeek
Army design for the next-generation protective mask
If the U.S. Army greenlights a radical new helmet design, its soldiers may have a harder time winning hearts and minds overseas. Quite simply, the thing is frightening—think motocross storm trooper.
Functionally, however, the helmet unveiled Tuesday marks a major advance. The same features that make it look so fierce—a full face mask and eye shield—filter out chemical attacks and biological pathogens. The screen over the eyes will populate with real-time data, like a sort of G.I. Google Glass.
The real masterstroke is a lightweight fan that cools the head and runs off batteries attached to a soldier’s hip or back. The next version will “sense,” using body sensors, when the fan needs to turn itself on, according to the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.
Helmets are a fairly hot and controversial design category these days, as scientists increasingly find that even mild brain trauma may be more harmful than previously thought. Both the U.S. military and the National Football League have been putting sensors in helmets to flag potentially serious impacts.
The Army said recently that, among other findings, its headgear has traditionally been great at stopping shrapnel but less effective at handling blunt impact and shock waves from explosions. Plus, old brain-buckets such as this one were terrible at displaying data.
Army R&D units have been developing a new kind of padding that is essentially a cluster of glass “microspheres” that break to absorb impacts. That technology—as well as the Mad Max helmet unveiled today—may not see action for a while. The Pentagon is in the midst of outfitting all its soldiers with a new “enhanced combat helmet,” which replaces Kevlar from Dupont (DD) with lighter polyethylene fibers from 3M (MMM). Those cost Uncle Sam about $1,000 each, but they don’t stop chemical attacks or check e-mail.
These definitely won't come cheap. I wonder how much they'll cost? It would be a blast to be able to gear up in these in the playroom for hours and hours without overheating...
By Kyle Stock May 13, 2014, BusinessWeek
If the U.S. Army greenlights a radical new helmet design, its soldiers may have a harder time winning hearts and minds overseas. Quite simply, the thing is frightening—think motocross storm trooper.
Functionally, however, the helmet unveiled Tuesday marks a major advance. The same features that make it look so fierce—a full face mask and eye shield—filter out chemical attacks and biological pathogens. The screen over the eyes will populate with real-time data, like a sort of G.I. Google Glass.
The real masterstroke is a lightweight fan that cools the head and runs off batteries attached to a soldier’s hip or back. The next version will “sense,” using body sensors, when the fan needs to turn itself on, according to the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.
Helmets are a fairly hot and controversial design category these days, as scientists increasingly find that even mild brain trauma may be more harmful than previously thought. Both the U.S. military and the National Football League have been putting sensors in helmets to flag potentially serious impacts.
The Army said recently that, among other findings, its headgear has traditionally been great at stopping shrapnel but less effective at handling blunt impact and shock waves from explosions. Plus, old brain-buckets such as this one were terrible at displaying data.
Army R&D units have been developing a new kind of padding that is essentially a cluster of glass “microspheres” that break to absorb impacts. That technology—as well as the Mad Max helmet unveiled today—may not see action for a while. The Pentagon is in the midst of outfitting all its soldiers with a new “enhanced combat helmet,” which replaces Kevlar from Dupont (DD) with lighter polyethylene fibers from 3M (MMM). Those cost Uncle Sam about $1,000 each, but they don’t stop chemical attacks or check e-mail.
These definitely won't come cheap. I wonder how much they'll cost? It would be a blast to be able to gear up in these in the playroom for hours and hours without overheating...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Rubbout Photos
The photos ShinyCreature took exclusively for Rubberzone are now up on the site! Check them out here in the latest Rubberzone issue "It's All About the Boots".
Image from Friday Night's Grand Slam Party @ Heaven's Door
I've also got copies of all of ShinyCreature's photos plus the images taken at the photo booth on Friday night so we will surely get those posted up on the Rubbout 23 website soon. The Rubbout 24 website is already in design stages!
I've also got copies of all of ShinyCreature's photos plus the images taken at the photo booth on Friday night so we will surely get those posted up on the Rubbout 23 website soon. The Rubbout 24 website is already in design stages!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Explicit
I wore my new Invincible Rubber PIG pants and tank out on Friday and Saturday night this weekend; I got a lot of great feedback on Friday at Pumpjack. Saturday I got to the Explicit Party at 8x6 very late (close to 1am) knowing that the party had already peaked, however there were still enough guys around that I was able to get some action in in the back room before the entire place vacated. Still not many guys getting out for these events; I hope that the buzz the Vatican Party has had the past couple of months at Heaven's Door will transfer over to the event's new digs at 8x6.
I intend to wear the PIG pants and tank out again next weekend...it's treated me well so far!
I can't believe IML is 10 days away!!!!
I intend to wear the PIG pants and tank out again next weekend...it's treated me well so far!
I can't believe IML is 10 days away!!!!
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Friday, May 9, 2014
#TCF
So, there's #TBT Throwback Thursday and #PF Pantless Friday but I am proposing for the perverts out there #TCF Total Coverage Friday.
Check out that ass in green....that reminds me, I tried on the new Invincible PIG gear last night, it looks great. I washed and vivishined it overnight, planning on wearing it out this weekend as some point, so I'll be sure to take some pictures.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
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