Most of the time when we see characters on TV shows and movies wearing tinfoil hats and covering the room in tinfoil as well, we laugh at them and think they’re just paranoid, conspiracy theorists. But with what we’ve been experiencing lately when it comes to privacy, security, and even the effect of technology on our health, we can’t help but think they may have a point. We won’t go so far as to actually covering our whole house in tinfoil, but there are some products now being created to help protect people to a certain degree.
Designer: Vollebak
Vollebak is known for their future-forward clothes, particularly the advanced materials that they use for things like shirts, pants, and jackets. Normally, we just wear the latter when we’re cold or sometime even to protect us from the elements. But with the brand’s newest product, the Shielding Jacket, you can wear it to shield yourself from infrared cameras, protect yourself from bacteria and other harmful elements, and even block electromagnetic radiation. You probably will never be paranoid when you’re wearing this jacket. And since it uses the same electromagnetic shielding technology used for the Mars Rover, you can also be space ready to a certain degree.
The outer material uses a base of lightweight ripstop nylon which is then metallised with a process that uses pure silver “grown into the fabric”. This means that the silver makes up 20% of the material’s composition and is actually embedded into the fiber. Because it is electrically conductive and antimicrobial, it can kill bacteria and also reflect electromagnetic energy including radio waves, wifi, bluetooth, ku-band satellites, and radar systems. When you wear the jacket, you cannot be seen on infrared cameras. So if you’re on some kind of stealth mission, the jacket can render you invisible from these kinds of cameras with mid and long wave infrared radiation.
And if you really want to protect your phone from being hacked or tracked, the jacket has two faraday cage pockets that blocks access to your device even when it’s turned off. The pockets are on the left chest and inside the right side pocket. But there are also regular side zipped pockets with storm flaps. If you think having a jacket like this is uncomfortable, it’s actually designed just like a normal lightweight jacket with a soft polyester lining, except that it has a metallic sheen and embedded silver that can turn you into the most protected individual.
