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Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance by 13ren on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @12:09AM (#312040)
Do you know why this happens, or how they circumvent it?

Is it because it is water (i.e. not air-cooled)? Or is it because the temperature differential is too great (i.e. dangerously so, according to the body)?

A damp towel might overcome these issues - or wetting your hands and holding them in front of a fan, for evaporative cooling via fake sweat + fake breeze.

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Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance by ars on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @02:22AM (#312148)
They make a partial vacuum in the glove that basically sucks the blood to the surface of the hand where it can pick up the coldness.
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Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance by natrius on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @01:02AM (#312096)
If I remember correctly, the glove lowers the air pressure to keep the blood flowing.
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