Japan’s Olympic athletes will wear outfits designed to block infrared cameras

/ Mizuno co-developed infrared light-absorbing uniforms that will be worn by some Japanese athletes at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

By Andrew Liszewski, a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid.

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At the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Le Monde reports that athletes on Japan’s volleyball, track and field, and other teams will be competing in outfits made from a new fabric that can better absorb infrared light. Similar to stealth aircraft that avoid detection by deflecting radar signals away from detectors, the fabric absorbs and prevents infrared light from

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