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Japanese Astronaut Tests Stink-Free Underwear
Throw away your soap, detergent, and personal hygiene, the Japanese have invented odor-free underwear. Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut living in the International Space Station, is testing the underwear created by textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo. The shorts are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. They also are flame-resistant, and anti-static. "The other astronauts become very sweaty, but he doesn't have any sweat. He didn't need to hang his clothes to dry. He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week," said Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Dear god, we've just figured out what 2. ??? is!
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Will we soon breath through our underwear? (I seem to remember doing that.....when I was about 4 years old.)
I'm not reading the friendly article until I can wrap my head around the headline "Japanese Astronaut Tests Stink Free Underwear"
I think there's a hyphen missing in there, but I have a headache now
They are already in talk with UN to establish an aid program to donate gobloads of these to France. Other nations also philosophically opposed to shower are encouraged to consider applying. The perfume industry, of course, is preparing a full counter-offensive in response.
Boxers or briefs?
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but what about pressure ulcers?
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I am sure this is of personal interest to many Slashdotters.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
This will become a hot commodity with hardcore raiders in Warcraft.
"Bathroom breaks are for pansies. Pee in your undies. lol"
Do they have some sort of built in skid mark eraser or what?
You can't go a week in those, no way!!
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
Corporate thugs from Hanes will be waiting for you when you touch down.
Prov 9:8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
I think I hear screams from all those older japanese dudes who buy stinky used teen girl panties
Yes, even if this does work, you still have to deal the stench from the actual body. But maybe this just means you can shower as normal, yet only own one set of clothing. Hmm, the possibilities.
No more need for 365 pairs of underwear to get through the year. We can get away with 52.
I have not lost my mind... it's backed up on disk somewhere!
Ummm, how will bachelors know the clean ones from the dirty ones if they don't stink?
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As a backpacker I know all about high-tech fabrics designed to be worn multiple days in physically demanding conditions. The best choice is always wool. A high-quality merino wool undergarment will cost you $50+ but you can wear it for days without getting stinky, it's kind of amazing. I've tried various synthetics, including the fancy ones with silver threads incorporated into the fabric, none of them compare to good merino wool.
those pants sounds very much like the merinowool underpants ive been wearing for years. They dont smell, are warm if they get wet, dont itch, they have excellent breathabillity drys quickly and probably cost 1/10 of the newly invented underwear.
But why stick with the natural materials?
And here to think that I was doing front wards back wards, inside out front wards and back wards, only getting 4 days out of it ! Now it can be 4 weeks !
If ever 'idleispants' were an appropriate tag, this is it.
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How is this going to affect the used panty in a vending machine market?
Turns out Idle is pants after all.
I'm surprised that the Japanese, of all people, would invent this given their fetish for "used schoolgirl panties".
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What about inside-out and reversing front to back then the front-to-back-inside out? Does this give you 4-weeks of wear-time if we look at the old scale of 3 days * 4?
zOMGF! I'd only need 12 pair of budgie smugglers and 1 wash a year! Think of the water I'll save!!!1
Wow, no sweat, no odor, good for days on end;
maybe we all won't hate the French after all.
What, the carbon filtered underwear not good enough for you, eh??
I can wear my undies for more than a week, and I'm not even an astronaut.
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Idleispantsu?
Why did this have to be tested in space? I know a few people could use them at home to test.
How on earth ... err, I mean, off earth ... do you "hang clothes" in space?
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
Just why the bloody hell would you need your underwear to be flame-resistant?! I don't even want to think about what the hell you would need flame-resistant underoos for.
I have a bad feeling about this...
This is the best invention for lazy people who don't like to shower twice a day since deodorant. I definitely want a pair.
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YES - now I can light my farts without fear of scorching my butt hair. This is sure to be a huge teenage rave. And don't forget - not having to wash underwear at college. WOW !
this....... ah wat next flamable watches? mech, nah. some under-warter gun? shape-shifter?, nah, then wat?.
Merino wool underpants have many of the same properties but are far too warm for long-distance cycling. Perhaps these new-fangled shreddies will be the answer. They won't stop the cyclist's distinctive aroma, but could be an answer to some of the bacterial problems that are neatly summed up in the phrases saddle sores and bum itch.
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