When Raven Concealment Systems and Eleven 10 announce that they are joining forces to create a new medical supply manufacturer, it grabs my attention. They have already collaborated in the past on a low-vise medical kit (see Soldier Systems Daily) and I expect we will be seeing other slick kit rolling out of CLEER soon.
Check out the CLEER Medical website and Facebook Page.
The FLIR ONE, a new thermal imaging case for the iPhone 5, is pretty slick on a number of levels. The nerd in me thinks it is very cool to see the cost of thermal imaging equipment falling (the FLIR ONE’s expected retail is under $350). The concerned citizen in me sees all kinds of potential for monitoring what is going on around the house. The gadget lover in me is currently shaking, in a cold sweat, and unable to utter anything other than “Want!’
FLIR ONE uses your iPhone’s screen to display an image that is an amalgamation of an actual picture and the thermal image. This combined image offers higher resolution.
It has its own on-board battery supply and will be available in three colors, none of which are Flat Dark Earth (space grey, white and gold). FLIR will be releasing a development kit so, hopefully, developers can come up with some useful ways to integrate FLIR ONE’s thermal imaging into other apps.
There is a thread on M4Carbine.net with a ton of useful information about the FLIR ONE and its potential capabilities.
Check out FLIR.com.
How cool is this? RE Factor Tactical sells survival bands with a mission – to help others. They offer several survival bands in various colors that are unique or significant to the charity that sales of that particular will support. The program has been very successful as evidenced by this from the RE Factor Tactical Facebook Page:
Absolutely amazing! With your help we raised over $15,000 for the different charities that we support in 2013. Thank you all who donated, your generosity helps our nation’s finest. Here’s to another great year of fundraising.
Check out all the RE Factor Tactical Charity Bands and do some good.
Nukotools has introduced FatBoy versions of their two most popular discrete impact tools. The new FatBoy PunchRing and FatBoy Nukoheads are made from 3/8″ thick black G-10 which is quite a bit thicker than the normal versions of these tools. This should make them considerably more comfortable to use.
See the NukoTools Facebook Page for additional information. Order at Vigilant Gear!
I am a sucker for stout, 5-6″ field knives with carbon steel and micarta slab handles which is exactly why I won’t be able to resist the new Hoffman ESEE-CM6. This new offering from ESEE has been in the works for some time now and is the result of a collaboration with knife photographer, knife designer, founder of PWYP, and all around great guy Terrill Hoffman.
The Hoffman ESEE-CM6 is 11 1/8″ overall with a 5 7/8″ blade. It is ground from 3/16″ thick 1095 steel. The saber-ground spear point blade features a sharpened clip at the point. Like other ESEE knives, it features a black coating to prevent corrosion and canvas micarta slab handles.
