Evgeny sez, “Authorities in Belarus, the last authoritarian regime in Europe, are considering introducing a new school uniform that would protect schoolchildren from electromagnetic radiation that comes from their mobile phones. The phones would be stored in a special pocket. The government is apparently very excited about it.”
Belarus develops school uniform that makes tin foil hats obsolete
(Thanks, Evgeny!)
(Image: Maker Faire 2007: Tinfoil Hat, a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike photo from r3v || cls’ photostream)
Previously:
- Journalists remain jailed for covering Belarus protests – Boing Boing
- Belarus "smile mob" organizers face jail time – Boing Boing
- Boing Boing: Video reveals Belarus electoral fraud
- Pop song in praise of Belarus's dictator – Boing Boing
- Belarus busts American for providing VoIP, being an entrepreneur …
- Boing Boing: Belarusian bloggers free political prisoner