Paul Coudamy's Hard-Wear jacket watches your back when no one else will
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 22nd 2008 10:04AM
posted Jun 22nd 2008 10:04AM
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Ok the first thing I thought of with that image was a Sontaran Probic Vent :D
When I first saw the photo, I thought some took the Matrix movies too serious and found a way to jack in.
anyone that wears this jacket is asking for it, so it's just as well it has some precautions built-in.
Seriously. That jacket makes me want to give that guy a swirly.
Personally, I never let anyone walk behind me. Seven out of ten attacks are from the rear.
Take a look at this guys website and you will find tha this is one of his more sensible ideas lol
I think the jacket is supposed to me some kind of modern art rather than anything else.
http://www.paulcoudamy.com/
...Or you could just turn around.....
Yeah, it's a jacket designed to watch your ass get kicked. Brilliant.
Gees...I’d feel like a perv wearing that jacket. Especially in the park, which from the picture seems to be where that guy is.
On closer inspection, I think this guy is a perv, it's a children's playground.
If you are busy looking at a monitor of what is happening behind you, can't somebody just attack you from the front?
that's where the front-n-back splitscreen model comes in... at only $375 more you can have the ultimate security... wide-angle lenses..
And who'll be watching your sides?
Personally, I'd prefer a UAV above me so I've got all directions covered.
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yea.. i'd buy this.. looks unpratical.. and expensive... nd a tad bulky?
awww... 5th?!
DOUBLE FAIL.
double the fun!
Wrigley's Spearmint Gum!
wow, as if the giant popped collar and orange squares wouldnt attract attention, and dont even get me started about the brick in the dudes sleeve
Morpheus is going to come right behind you and stick the matrix stick into the camera and tell you To Enter the Matrix!
maybe good for the assholes who have their headphones so loud they cant hear anything around them and Im trying to get by them on the sidewalk. it looks stupid enough for someone like that to wear too.
But what about a side attack? Or is this guy only interested in watching all the people laugh at him behind his back?
James Bond, doesn't even use the high tech anymore
FAIL!
The iBomber (on so many levels...)
The 80's called and Davie Bowie wants his jacket back...
First off david Bowie would never be caught dead in a jacket like this. He is far to cool. Second off, does anybody else find it ironic that when you watch your back on the lcd screen you end up not watching your front because you are staring at the screen.
Maybe the orange blocks are to distract people from noticing the camera. Then again, maybe not, since the camera's smack dab in the center of the largest block.
That jacket must be the only thing that has more patches than windows ;-)
well said!
On second thought...
Those patches are covering the stab holes from previous attacks.
and are those IR LED's around the camera?
so this thing watches your back when no one else will, but no one watches your back in the first place because you're wearing this ridiculous jacket. It makes you pick: the jacket, or friends?
Little orange squares of duct tape never go out of style.
uhhh,l if by never go out of style you mean went out of style in the 70's then yes.
It looks like someone punched a bunch of holes in the jacket and did a half assed job patching it up.
Hahaha this is pathetic :D
It looks like he has ton's of sticky notes on his back
lol
A ready made nerd jacket for all the "kick me" notes.
...or you could, y'know, turn around?
the camera looks like a lock dial for a safe. I think this was done to trick surgeons into thinking that they would have easier access to your spinal fluids...and when they go to turn the dial they will actually focus the camera so the wearer can get a much clearer view of the surgeon.
Hey it might have a camera on the back, but he missed someone sticking all those blank post-it notes to hin.
What. A. Kludge.
No more surprise buttsecks.
I thought your comment was funny. Too bad you go low ranked.
I don't understand why the camera is so big. We have much smaller ones.
It looks like he had loads of little "KICK ME" post-it notes stuck on his back.
I can see why someone designed the jack. They were playing to much WoW and start to confuse real life with the game. So they created this so they can't be attacked by rogues!
I've always wanted to punch people with popped collars in the back of the head. As luck would have it, this guy would get the honor of seeing it coming.
Just the ticket for North Philly, why it even has bullet hole patches!
His hands are so thin it looks like he'll run if he sees an attacker anyway.
I'm from Brooklyn i can sure use this one. :)
His hands are so thin it looks like he'll run if he sees an attacker anyway.
introducing, the irony jacket, built for the purpose of making you feel safe, but when you actually wear it, it greatly increase the chances of you getting mugged, no, not to get your cellphone, not to steal your iPod, but just for the fun of beating you up just because you wore this fugly jacket.
while you were watching your back, then BAM! someone smack you right in the front. "damn fool, didnt see that coming huh?"
Ummm... an easier and far cheaper idea would be to put a mirror on your wrist and then look behind you with it...LOL (and you can wear anything you want)