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A Heatstroke-Sensing Helmet: By David Talbot - Thursday, March 19, 2009; Hothead Technologies has developed a system that can sense and warn a user of heatstroke. In this video, an RFID transmitter is fitted in a headband and a white temperature-sensing patch touches the wearer's forehead. Readings are beamed to a PDA (not shown). When the wearer's temperature hits 102.5 and stays there for 20 seconds, an alarm sounds on the PDA.; Video by Hothead Technologies - Read the Article

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