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Spin-off technology
 
Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Astronaut of the European Space Agency
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Motor bikers who sweat in protective leathers, or bakers at their ovens, may welcome electrically cooled underwear developed by a Spanish company from the space suits of ESA's astronauts.
 
  Last update: 17 January 2002 
 
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