Thursday, September 23, 2010

"Emergency Bra" Turns Into Gas Mask...

Dr. Elena Bodnar won an Ignoble Award for the invention last year, an annual tribute to scientific research that on the surface seems goofy but is often surprisingly practical. And now Bodnar has brought the eBra to the public; purchase one online for just $29.95. 

"The goal of any emergency respiratory device is to achieve tight fixation and full coverage. Luckily, the wonderful design of the bra is already in the shape of a face mask and so with the addition of a few design features, the Emergency Bra enhances the efficiency of minimizing contaminated bypass air flow," explains the eBra website. 

It sounds silly, but Bodnar, a Ukraine native who now lives in Chicago, started her medical career studying the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. If people had had cheap, readily available gas masks in the first hours after the disaster, she said, they may have avoided breathing in Iodine-131, which causes radiation sickness.

Doesn't sound silly at all. If I'm getting the gist of this, should the need for a protective breathing device arise, one can simply turn towards the nearest gal and bury his face in the cleavage?

Sweet.

2 comments:

BobG said...

"If I'm getting the gist of this, should the need for a protective breathing device arise, one can simply turn towards the nearest gal and bury his face in the cleavage?"

Sounds good to me; if it doesn't work, at least you die happy...

fits said...

Oh I'm sure they'll work. And to prove it I'm going to test and test and test each and every one I come across.