The hubbub over the TSA scanners has died down a little, but our privacy is still at risk when flying. It’s no surprised companies like Betabrand are scurrying to invent scanner-proof underwear, which hides private parts from pervy machines.
Today’s gadget-related double entendre is “birth control.” [Scottevest via Gear Junkie (yes, really) via InventorSpot]
I’m not really sure if being welcomed into the country by a bra which speaks three languages will encourage anyone to visit Japan, but I certainly do appreciate lingerie maker Triumph’s valiant effort to promote tourism in Tokyo.
We often speak of material being used to conduct electricity, but what if underwear makers AussieBum – who’ve created underpants made from banana fibre – used carbon nanotubes as well? Think of the possibilities banana-derived, electricity-conducting pants could bring you. [KoreaHerald]
Want to see the world’s most notorious underwear? ABC News has pictures of the tighty-whiteys that nearly took down a Northwest Airlines flight, complete with Pentaerythritol tetranitrate codpiece. They are – perhaps predictably – rather soiled. [ABC News]
First there was the shoe bomb. Now Al Qaeda has taken it to the next level: Yesterday’s failed terrorist attack was supposed to be delivered by a suicide bomber with the payload sewn into his underpants.
