{"id":115742,"date":"2021-07-23T08:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/?p=115742"},"modified":"2021-07-23T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T07:05:58","slug":"editors-choice-878-smart-apparel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/specials\/editors-choice-878-smart-apparel-115742","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Choice: 878 Smart Apparel"},"content":"That's pretty much the case with the specialised clothing produced by Hungarian manufacturer, 878.\r\n\r\nFor not only does their kit employ a revolutionary material known as graphene \u2013 which won its creators a Nobel Prize for Physics \u2013 they also produce a racing jacket with a built-in 5.4\" display which connects to a boat's instrumentation via Bluetooth to display critical navigation data.\r\n\r\nLet's try to unravel what 878 Smart Apparel is all about. Firstly, the graphene.\r\n\r\nDescribed by the company as a 'wearable diamond', graphene is a form of carbon which conducts heat better than any other known material.\r\n\r\nIt also conducts electricity, is virtually transparent and is so dense that nothing (including helium, the smallest gas atom) can pass through it.\r\n\r\nMost important from a marine perspective is that graphene is ultra-lightweight, flexible, stretchy, perfectly waterproof, stronger than steel, and provides about the same feeling of heat at both five and twenty degrees Celsius.\r\n\r\nThen there's the digital display. Implanted into the jacket sleeve, this features a foldable screen with a UV-protected, glare-free surface which is clearly visible in strong sunlight.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-115743 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/07\/editors-choice-878-Smart-Apparel-app-credit-878-630x394.jpg\" alt=\"editors-choice-878-Smart-Apparel-app-credit-878\" width=\"630\" height=\"394\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe system is set up using a downloadable app which allows the user to choose which data he or she wants to see.\r\n\r\nFor team use, different data sets can be created to suit the needs of each individual user.\r\n\r\nNow throw into the mix some super strong layers of Dyneema hi-tech composite fabric and add a hydrophobic nano coating for good measure.\r\n\r\nThen wrap it all up in a range of practical and functional designs to arrive at the answer to this mind-boggling techno-clothing equation: 878.\r\n\r\n<strong>Prices from:<\/strong> \u20ac599 - \u20ac2,2800 inc VAT\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.878co.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy it now on 878.com<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<h6>Note: We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site, at no extra cost to you. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/h6>","excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s pretty much the case with the specialised clothing produced by Hungarian manufacturer, 878. For not only does their kit employ a revolutionary material known as graphene \u2013 which won its creators a Nobel Prize for Physics \u2013 they also produce a racing jacket with a built-in 5.4&#8243; display which connects to a boat&#8217;s instrumentation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":115744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1206],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":[""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115742"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116029,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115742\/revisions\/116029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115742"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=115742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}