Interesting Items

I read about both of these on Sonnie's blog and I've been mentioning them to people. Here's the first interesting idea: Stealth Paint. Josh, you should offer this as part of your resoling business. Seems simple, yet very effective.

http://sonnietrotter.com/2009/05/11/the-truth/

And here is mention of a Stanford research team's work with cooling core body temperature by cooling the hands. With the hot summer in the Lou, this is a relevant article about how performance (both aerobic and anaerobic) is affected by body temperature. Might be a reason to hold some icy packs between burns on a project, unless you can afford the $4,000 device.

...From the Article...
"They found that when people used their cooling device during anaerobic exercise, such as weight lifting, where the time to exhaustion is very short, the effects on exercise performance were dramatic. “We helped a weight-lifter increase his capacity to do pull-ups from 180 to 600 in the same time period after six weeks of training,” notes Grahn. “And we've seen professional football players triple their anaerobic exercise capacity in four weeks.”

During aerobic exercise, such as running, conducted in the heat, the device greatly extends endurance. “Under the right circumstances, you can double the endurance of someone working at a fixed load,” says Grahn. “This has significant implications not only for athletes but for people such as factory workers and military personnel who work in hot environments.