I use a "Polar Vest"that works very well in extreme heat and costs around $200. http://www.polarproducts.com/polarshop/pc/home.asp
Other similar products on Google search. "polar vest cooling" http://www.google.com/search?q=polar+vest+cooling&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Patrick C6-7 21 years post injury ________________________________ From: Joan Anglin <[email protected]> To: Dave Krehbiel <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 21, 2012 8:18:28 AM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] feeling too hot? Or too cold? Too bad it did not include a picture of the final vest. The actual cost of the vest was $76.00. Doesn’t sound like anything I would want but it was quite interesting. Joan From:Dave Krehbiel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] feeling too hot? Or too cold? Here is a link to a research project. This engineering team attempted to develop a vest to help quadriplegics maintain a healthy body temperature. I scanned this quickly... and if I read this correctly, they built the vest with about $500 worth of parts. http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ece480/capstone/fall09/group01/Documents/FinalReport.pdf The device is designed to be powered by the wheelchair battery. Has anyone seen anything like this, which is commercially available? Does anybody have the resources or connections to build one of these? Is there enough interest in pursuing the sort of technology that we could somehow help move this sort of project forward? Dave Krehbiel
