Saturday, November 27, 2010

Underwear Fig Leaf Marketed To Protect Privacy At Airport

A guy from Las Vegas, Jeff Buske created a special kind of underwear with a strategically placed fig leaf design that protects travelers' privacy when undergoing medical or security screenings. Jeff Buske says his invention uses a powdered metal and the underwear's inserts are thin and conform to the body's contours, making it difficult to hide anything beneath them. The mix of tungsten and other metals do not set off metal detectors. There are also sports bras for women that have two fig leaves covering the breasts. The price of the product varies from $9 to $37.
I'm not sure how I feel about that, because I have never had problems with that. I don't look at it as invading my privacy, so I don't see the need for that product. And I am not sure how popular the product will get. I don't really see a bright future for it. There are definitely people who do care about it. Probably the inventor himself had issues with it, or he knew people who had. However I see a bigger success for that product in US market than in for example European market because of the difference in people's views and mentality. That's just my opinion. But I definitely give credit points to this guy for the creative idea.

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