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Communicator Clothing

coondoggie writes "The crew of the classic science-fiction show's Starship Enterprise wore small devices on their chests that they could tap to communicate instantly with their colleagues. Such communications technology is now closer to reality thanks to a Finnish company which this week demonstrated high-tech clothing that can send and receive messages via satellite. The demonstrator antenna, built by the Patria Aviation Oy company, looks like a simple patch of cloth but is capable of operating in the Iridium and GPS frequency band as part of clothing. The Iridium satellites allow two-way voice and data communication, while GPS provides positional data to the user. Iridium could also relay the position of the user."

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  1. Nordic and Jewish Intelligence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Reading the original article causes us to think: Why have Europeans (including ethnic Jews) accomplished so many breakthroughs in technology?

    Certainly, the Europeans dominate the winners of Noble Prizes in science.

    Germans invented the jet aircraft, the guided missile, the computer, calculus, etc. The English invented calculus. The French developed the metric system. Also, the Japanese have done quite well. They invented the blue light-emitting diode, hybrid engines for cars, process technologies for cost effectively producing large LCD screens, etc.

    The one group that is missing from this arena of technical accomplishments is Africans and African-Americans. Why are they absent?

    We know that African IQ is small than Japanese/European IQ by about 20 points. Can this large difference in IQ explain the gross failure of all societies dominated by Africans?