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Ymup Oxygen Generating Backpack For Thin-Air Adventures
Posted by Sean Fallon at 5:00 AM on July 25, 2008
A Japanese company named Ymup is set to unveil what is being touted as the world's first oxygen generating backpack. The generator itself is battery powered and should give climbers about 2 hours of O2 at a 30% concentration. It can even be operated via remote control should you need to remove your gear to negotiate a tight space. I don't think that the Ymup backpack is ready for an Everest expedition just yet, but it could be extremely useful for less extreme climbs (especially if a solar panel was added down the line). The Ymup is set to be released on July 31st with price-points ranging from US$880 to US$1,150. [Ymup via Crave via Ubergizmo via Crunchgear]
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Upsilon
Posted 9:20 AM 25/7/08
You know some idiot is going to try scuba diving in one of these.
There's literally no end to Human stupidity.
Not saying I haven't done my part of it...
~Y
Upsilon
BaseVilliN
Posted 7:34 AM 25/7/08
Sounds like just the thing for making it to the top of Mt. Fuji. (12,000+ feet)
BaseVilliN
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 6:33 AM 25/7/08
@Aoi: I don't know. It would just seem weird. I mean, if a girl is a perfect 10 now, after the switch would she be a 25.4?
GeekyNerdGuy
Numerous
Posted 6:08 AM 25/7/08
@OddManOut: I was watching some old Dr Who episodes (4th Doctor) with a friend recently. The Doctor mentioned something being x "miles away" and my friend couldn't understand why he said miles instead of kilometers. The only "acceptable" explanation for him was that the lines had been redubbed for the US rebroadcast.
*Sigh*
Numerous
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 6:03 AM 25/7/08
Why is it pink?
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with pink and in fact have been known to rock the pink polo from time to time, but the question remains:
Why is it pink?
OMG! Ponies!
OddManOut
Posted 5:50 AM 25/7/08
@Aoi:
No kidding. You'd think it would have been a clue to us that Imperial was a bad idea when the people who freakin invented it switched, at least in part, to metric...
OddManOut
Aoi
Posted 5:28 AM 25/7/08
@Kamenwati: We need to switch to the metric system. It's sad that we haven't yet. It would make things so much easier.
Aoi
Kamenwati
Posted 5:25 AM 25/7/08
@GeekyNerdGuy: "I have no idea what that is in actual real weight" lol well to put it in terms us American folk understand that's about 2.9lb.
Kamenwati
shenanigans61
Posted 5:20 AM 25/7/08
Ah, nothing beats the good old "get your body used to thin air before you try tricky shit". Way cheaper.
shenanigans61
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 5:07 AM 25/7/08
@Aoi: It says 1.3kilograms -- I have no idea what that is in actual real weight measurements. Probably like 15 pounds ...
GeekyNerdGuy
Aoi
Posted 5:05 AM 25/7/08
I wonder how much this thing weighs. I don't care how much O2 it creates, carrying a heavy backpack up a mountain can still leave you breathless.
Aoi
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 5:03 AM 25/7/08
Still a bit expensive for those "getting-rid-of-a-hangover" expeditions.
GeekyNerdGuy
Hello_Newman
Posted 12:49 PM 25/7/08
I just don't see two hours as being a reason not to carry food or water. At hiking speeds isn't that not very far?
Hello_Newman
Cisco-Kid
Posted 4:42 AM 26/7/08
If this could let an asthmatic enjoy hiking, then that's pretty cool, too.
Cisco-Kid