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Wonder at which point we'll start adding PLB / airtags to clothing themselves. Decent jacket already cost way more than electronics. Satellite communications ap
by dzhiurgis 4mo ago
Wonder at which point we'll start adding PLB / airtags to clothing themselves. Decent jacket already cost way more than electronics. Satellite communications approaching cost of 0. If you venturing somewhere risky - kinda makes sense to have PLB built in.
- wernerb 4mo agoMultipurpose too for the washer/dryer settings
- dzhiurgis 4mo agoWho washes their hiking gear?
- 0123456789ABCDE 4mo agoyou're being facetious, but the answer to that is: folks with access to a washing machine and hiking gear
- femto 4mo agoSomething like that exists with the RECCO system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RECCO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RECCO Not quite an arbitrary Personal Locator Beacon, but it can help rescuers home in from a distance. It's cheap because the tag is just an antenna and a diode.