Throw away your tinfoil hats! A suit that blocks radio waves is presented (7 photos)

British clothing brand Vollebak has unveiled a tracksuit made with pure silver that blocks radio waves. And if you're worried about companies and government agencies tracking your location, you need this. The innovative material protects against electromagnetic and infrared radiation, and even bacteria.





The "shielding suit" is equipped with pockets for smartphones, making you invisible even when the device is on. Vollebak used the same material that NASA used for its Curiosity rover.

"We've created a jacket that's comfortable and casual, but will make you look like you've just stepped off a spaceship," the advert says.

The jacket costs £2,495 and the trousers £1,495, making the total cost £3,990.



Vollebak has created a number of unusual items, including an "apocalypse jacket" that protects against lava and a "cocoon" for travelling to Mars. The company is also working on an invisibility cloak, like the one Harry Potter wore.

“Long before Curiosity was sent to Mars to search for signs of life, it needed to be tested here on Earth,” the company writes on its website. “So NASA created a shielded tent that would completely block external electromagnetic radiation during testing. We borrowed that technology and turned it into our first shielding suit.”





Vollebak also collaborated with Shieldex, a German lab that develops high-tech metallized fabrics for a variety of applications, including digital forensics, medicine, and aerospace.

The materials created in the lab can be used to protect electronics from cyber attacks, camouflage satellites from thermal imagers, and create biometric sensors.



The suit's fabric has pure silver inclusions and blocks radio waves and microwaves in the frequency range from 0.2 GHz to 10 GHz. This range includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ku-band satellites, as well as radar systems. The suit also reflects mid- and long-wave infrared radiation - you will not be visible on infrared cameras at night.

“Because silver is conductive and antimicrobial, it can reflect certain types of electromagnetic energy while killing bacteria.”



The company says the suit has pockets for your phone that can be compared to a “Faraday cage.” In 1836, English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday invented a device to shield equipment from external electromagnetic fields. Such cages are used in data centers, laboratories, and hospitals.

The protective pockets block access to your devices regardless of whether they are on or off. This means you cannot be tracked, hacked, or even called.



"In an era where we face cyberattacks, geopolitical instability, the first manned missions to Mars, and exposure to space radiation, a shielding suit is a necessity."