Musician MIA Dropped a "Modern Technology Warfare" Fashion Line

by Isabel Butler

British rapper, singer and producer M.I.A has recently brought out her new clothing titled Ohmni.

Though the collection is full of trendy and eye catching pieces, the selling point is one of the future. The Ohmni range is titled the “armour of modern technology warfare” and is described as a necessity, the future of fashion. Each piece ranged from £50 to £400 and includes items such as the ‘Tin Foil Hat.’

M.I.A has launched Ohmni in relation to the conspiracy theories that claim our bodies are exposed to Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G and are at risk of being invaded.

Big Think, an online platform that looks into more complex ideas, has an article that spreads awareness of “EQ-Radio”. The article says how it can read your emotions via your heart rate with an accuracy rating of 87%.

How does it do this? The method does not involve on-skin sensors, it in fact does this by bouncing “ordinary Wi-Fi signals off of you that can track your heart rate.”

Though everyone’s relationship between heart rate and emotions varies, EQ-Radio is said to have the “ability to read peoples emotional state 70% of the time” even if they haven’t been studied previously. Crazy.

Now to put the accuracy into more familiar terms, Big Think says with EQ-Radio your heart rate can be measured with about a 3% margin of error. This is said to be on the same ability level as an ECG monitor.

So, some studies and conspiracy theories have pushed celebs to “fan the flames” and M.I.A has decided to take action through fashion.

Enough of the science, let’s take a quick look at the collection itself.

Tin Foil Hat

The hat made of “pure copper and nickel faraday fabric” is said to block 99% of Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G from the brain, providing 100% coverage.

Price Check: £100.

Data Protection Dump Bag

An “untrackable, unhackable” hand made bag with multiple compartments with a “100% pure copper lining” and “chrome silver shell”. The dump bag is said to “defy electromagnetic waves”, your items inside are shielded by 99.999%.

Price Check: £200

Full Protection Poncho

Described as the “ultimate luxury street shield”. Also made of pure copper.

Price Check: £200.

Covert Potency Jeans

Made using high quality, 100% black cotton denim, these unisex jeans promise to protect your vital reproductive organs. How? By using copper nickel lining that deflects electromagnetic

waves by up to 99.999%.

Price check: £200

Edited by Emily Duff

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