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...fashion statement? The No-Contact Jacket may look pretty fly, but it's also a piece of serious personal-defense technology. If the wearer feels threatened in any way, she (so far it's only for women) can activate a switch in either palm that blasts an 80,000-volt electrical pulse through the jacket's material. That's enough to knock anybody back a few paces. Powered by a regular 9-volt battery, the No-Contact Jacket is fully insulated, so the wearer won't feel a thing. Even when it's not in use, it crackles with tiny...
...power to get you through the yard work this fall? The $299 Cargomaxx from Country Home Products is a battery-powered wheelbarrow that lets you lug up to 400 lbs. of logs, rocks or equipment--as well as bulky loads of leaves--without breaking your back. The 24-volt rechargeable battery drives the wheel at speeds of up to 3 m.p.h. on a 25% slope. The Cargomaxx still needs a human touch: you have to hold on to the handles to keep it steady...
...guaranteed to leave car thieves mist-ified. SecuFog, the latest auto-security device from Germany, is a small metal cartridge filled with a mixture of glycol and water and attached to a vehicle's regular alarm system. When the alarm is activated by a break-in, a 12-volt impulse turns the mixture into an impenetrable fog, filling the cabin in seconds and preventing thieves from driving away. Even with all doors open, it takes 10 to 15 minutes for the fog to clear - leaving a vanilla scent. Considering how often car alarms go off for no reason, there might...
...Nine Volt...
...every day--and only 500 U.S. military buglers scattered around the globe--there's a shortage of buglers available to play taps at funerals. The Pentagon's solution: a cone-shaped, electronic taps player that hides inside the bell of a standard bugle. Powered by a pair of 9-volt batteries, the all-weather unit emits a high-quality, dutifully mournful rendition of taps. Listeners say it's a big improvement over the tape and CD versions that some vets have had to endure coming from nonmilitary-issue boom boxes. The Pentagon has shipped 50 of the units to Missouri...