It won’t be long before soldiers will be outfitted with iPod laden body armor.
That was my prediction on April 5th when I saw the image of an iPod shot by an AK-47 round in Iraq. Well, its been a little over a week… those defense contractors must have been working round the clock!
Thats quite the stylish helmet they’ve crafted. It reminds me of the Predator a bit. I keep thinking that I’m going to see ol’ Arnold come running out shouting… “Get to the choppa!”
If this body armor wasn’t inspired by the Predator, then I think that Whoopi is hiding under there somewhere.
I’d be afraid to wear that thing. Not because I’d fear for my life, but because I wouldn’t want to be mugged. I did the math… If you go by the retail prices from the Apple store there is $28,690 worth of iPods ready for destruction on the front side alone! This is of course assuming that we wouldn’t outfit our police/soldiers with anything but the best video iPods. I suppose if the government wanted to save a few dimes they could go with the 30gb version, but since when have they wanted to save tax dollars? :)
Image courtesy of The Joy of Tech.
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i gotta have it…
i am not going to ask about the weight….
Apparently Macenstein.com also posted a neat iPod Body Armor picture. You can check it out on this page.