Coming soon to a theater of war near you: 'Thermal-signature reduction fashion' aka anti-drone wear

[Electric Monk]

The ‘Anti-Drone’ garments are designed with a metallized fabric that protects against thermal imaging surveillance, a technology used widely by UAVs/drones. The enhanced garments are lightweight, breathable, and safe to wear. They work by using highly metallized fibers to reflect heat, thereby masking the wearer’s thermal signature.

Of the three ‘Anti-Drone’ pieces, two are inspired by Muslim dress: the burqa and the scarf. Conceptually, these garments align themselves with the rationale behind the traditional hijab and burqa: to act as “the veil which separates man or the world from God,” replacing God with drone.

The third piece, the hoodie, is intended to thwart overhead thermal surveillance from drones.







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http://ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear

Making "tin foil hats" fashionable?

[dipsydoodle]

2. Same concept

as wrapping yourself in a survival space blanket.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. In an odd twist of fate, these are routinely handed out at marathons to help

runners in stress.

[leftyohiolib]

4. congress makes them illegal in .....3....2......1.....

[JackN415]

5. "They work by using highly metallized fibers to reflect heat..."

Not entirely correct physics. The material has low emissivity, which is a coefficient that describes how strongly thermal infrared power radiates. Thermal infrared (IR) is the electromagnetic wave of 8-12 micron wavelength emitted by objects at the typical human body temperature. (The radiation spectrum is very broad, described by Planck's black-body radiation law, but for 37 degree C object, which is ~ 310 Kelvin, the peak is in the 8-12-micron range).

One can wear a material that has one side highly-reflective of IR, but if the other side has high emissivity, it wouldn't hide the thermal IR signature.