A Smart Shirt For Soldiers?

The $199 Smart Shirt That Can Monitor Your Workout - And Even Tell You How Stressed You Are At The Office -- Daily Mail

* Shirt designed to be worn all day, and has sensors sewn into fabric
* Uses a special app to tell wearer how alert and focused they are as well as monitoring vital signs

It could be the smartest shirt on the planet.

Packed with sensors, the new Omsignal shirt has health sensors sewn into its fabric to constantly monitor the wearer.

It can track heart rate, breathing rate, breathing volume, movement (including steps and cadence), movement intensity, heart rate variability and calories burned.

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My Comment: For a t-shirt that is worth $199 ... it ain't cheap. But I can see the day that this will be standard issue for all soldiers.

The U.S. Army Now Has It's Own Clothing Line

The U.S. Army Has A Clothing Line, and It’s Pentagon-Approved -- Fashionista

Earlier this week, a tip hit our inbox that we found very interesting: Clothing company Authentic Apparel Group announced that it is launching a contemporary collection of army-inspired pieces that is officially licensed by the U.S. Army. The line — which consists of only menswear as of yet — will initially be sold at Zappos, but the brand has plans to expand to other online retailers and brick and mortar stores in the near future.

We’d never heard of a U.S. Army-approved clothing line before, and that’s because there isn’t one. While the U.S. Army has an open licensing partnership with Beanstalk Group, Authentic Apparel is the only company in the apparel category that has been awarded a license to use its name and branding (needless to say, this is a pretty huge honor). A spokeswoman for Authentic Apparel told us that not only was the approval process extremely rigorous, every single one of the garments is green-lit by the U.S. Army to be sure they are up to standards. This means that the company literally works with the Pentagon to get the pieces approved individually.

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My Comment: From what I see .... Zappos line of military style clothing looks very good. The link is here.

Counterfeiting Finnish Military Uniforms

Russians Under Suspicion For Having Purloined Camouflage Design Of Finnish Defence Forces’ New Combat Outfits -- Helsingin Sanomat

Defence Forces to ascertain if M05 design was used by Russian troops in Georgia.

The troops of the Russian Ministry of the Interior are suspected of having their combat clothes decorated with the exact pattern of the Finnish Defence Forces’ new M05 camouflage suit. The new pattern took years to develop and it is based on thousands of photographs taken of various types of woodlands. The pattern blends in unprecedentedly well with a wooded background, and it is also more difficult to detect with night vision equipment.

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My Comment: What are the Finns going to do .... declare war on Russia. Please .....