Team USA’s Opening Ceremony Uniform Includes Parka Heated By Phone

When the U.S. Olympic staff marches into the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang on Feb. 9, the athletes might be sporting their Ralph Lauren outfits — with a excessive-tech twist. To maintain Team USA heat within the frigid climate anticipated through the Olympics, Ralph Lauren offered the athletes parkas which have wearable warmth know-how, it was introduced by the USA Olympic Committee final week. The parkas, in addition to bomber jackets for the closing ceremony, embrace a streamlined heating piece product of digital conductive printed inks and fixed to the within of the jacket within the form of a silver and carbon American flag. David Lauren, Ralph Lauren’s chief innovation officer, informed Cheddar in an interview that the athletes can management heating with their telephones and that the heating factor is “truly as thick as a thread of hair.” “It’s good throughout the again of your jacket, no wires, it completely syncs up together with your tele
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