Today’s modern armies use Infrared, or IR, imaging to identify a person via the heat signature they emit. This means hiding in a building, behind a tree, or in the cover of darkness is useless. As long as your body emits heat, or infrared radiation, it can be detected by thermal vision devices.
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Genius! Columbia introduces new stainless steel clothing labels that double as survival tools
Popular outdoor clothing manufacturer Columbia knocks it out of the park with new information hang tags, cut from stainless steel, that double as survival tools. The steel tags are templated 4” tags with components that can be snapped out to form tools such as a sun dial, handsaw, water purifier, sextant, fishing kit, and emergency…
Levi shows off 132-year-old pair of jeans – the world’s oldest blue jeans
Levi Strauss showed off a weathered pair of buckle-back dungaree blue jeans that date all the way back to 1879, and they’re worth more than their weight in gold: insured for $150,000. The first pair of riveted denim jeans (they were riveted at stress points in the pants) was patented by Levi Strauss and his…
How to make clothing and insulation in the wild.
About making clothes in the wilderness You can use many materials for clothing and insulation. Both man-made materials, such as tarps and tent materials, and natural materials, such as skins and plant materials, are available and offer significant protection. With the right materials and skills, it is possible to create clothing that will help you…