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Femphonic Audio Jacket With On-Sleeve Controller
The Femphonic Audio Jacket is the women's version of The North Face's Hustle Audio Jacket. It has a nifty joystick controller for your iPod built right into the sleeve.
(Onsleeve joystick controller)
The jacket itself is designed for use by skiers, and costs about $600.
My only question is... How come it's only the women who get an outrageous retro name "Femphonic"?
(Onsleeve joystick controller jacket)
Fans of Murray Leinster's recall the sleeve communicator from his 1945 story First Contact:
He pressed the button in his sleeve communicator and snapped:"Action stations! Man all weapons! Condition of extreme alert in all departments immediately!"
(Read more about Leinster's sleeve communicator)
From The North Face via Crunchgear.
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