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"250-meters of reciprocating lifeline technology" - that bit confuses me

Good if you live in an apartment building I guess...]]>Jul 8th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
BR,
Contractor]]>Jul 8th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
BBQ,
Phan]]>Jul 8th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
DBA,
Hot Dog]]>Jul 8th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
the key difference is that it's lighter and the slack is stored on your back instead of at the tether point. *waves a tiny flag* hooray? *crickets*]]>Jul 8th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
I was hoping this was like a personal parachute - so you could be prepared for when the world exploded and you had to jump off a cliff to get food.

...or something like that.]]>Jul 10th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/Jul 8th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/
Of course you'd break your neck at 300kts - mere technicalities!]]>Jul 8th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/wizard-escape-pack-too-late-for-macgyver-too-conceptual-for-ba/]]>Jul 10th 2008 10:53PM