1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:07,610 --> 00:00:09,888 Hi , my name is Captain Justin o'brien . 3 00:00:09,888 --> 00:00:12,110 I'm the patent holder , inventor of the 4 00:00:12,110 --> 00:00:13,610 acclimate cooling system . 5 00:00:19,149 --> 00:00:21,038 The inspiration for the acclimate 6 00:00:21,038 --> 00:00:23,038 cooling system started when I was a 7 00:00:23,038 --> 00:00:25,205 security forces member . When I got to 8 00:00:25,205 --> 00:00:27,316 witness myself and members of my team 9 00:00:27,316 --> 00:00:29,371 uh endured the thermal burden of the 10 00:00:29,371 --> 00:00:31,593 body armor that had to be worn on a day 11 00:00:31,593 --> 00:00:33,482 to day basis . So seeing this , I 12 00:00:33,482 --> 00:00:33,340 wanted to find a solution . 13 00:00:39,349 --> 00:00:42,250 The steps I took to start this idea was 14 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:44,315 I initially made mock ups myself . I 15 00:00:44,315 --> 00:00:46,481 gathered a small team together to , to 16 00:00:46,481 --> 00:00:48,648 bounce ideas off each other . And once 17 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:50,870 we finally had a product that was ready 18 00:00:50,870 --> 00:00:50,599 for submission , we submitted it for 19 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:54,279 the 2020 spark tank . Now we didn't win . 20 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:56,401 We were a runner up , but even then , 21 00:00:56,401 --> 00:00:58,623 we still received a lot of support from 22 00:00:58,623 --> 00:01:01,000 the spark tank uh competition to still 23 00:01:01,009 --> 00:01:03,009 improve the idea . We turned to the 24 00:01:03,009 --> 00:01:05,120 7-Eleven the performance wing to , to 25 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,430 further refine it . And the test act 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,662 team uh actually brought it to where it 27 00:01:09,662 --> 00:01:09,629 is . Now , 28 00:01:18,819 --> 00:01:21,099 the concept of the acclimate is to 29 00:01:21,110 --> 00:01:23,332 integrate a water bladder and circulate 30 00:01:23,332 --> 00:01:26,650 that water through a cooling pad on the 31 00:01:26,660 --> 00:01:29,050 user's back what this does is it works 32 00:01:29,059 --> 00:01:30,837 like a giant radiator , like an 33 00:01:30,837 --> 00:01:32,948 elephant's ear and it sucks that body 34 00:01:32,948 --> 00:01:35,059 heat away from the user and brings it 35 00:01:35,059 --> 00:01:37,226 to the outside environment . The great 36 00:01:37,226 --> 00:01:39,392 thing about the acclimate system is it 37 00:01:39,392 --> 00:01:39,029 can be applied in a lot of different 38 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,207 ways to a lot of different people . Uh 39 00:01:41,207 --> 00:01:43,096 Right now , it's designed for the 40 00:01:43,096 --> 00:01:45,207 person that wears body armor a day to 41 00:01:45,207 --> 00:01:47,318 day basis . However , the embodiments 42 00:01:47,318 --> 00:01:49,429 are being developed where it can be , 43 00:01:49,429 --> 00:01:51,596 you know , integrated to an EOD suit , 44 00:01:51,596 --> 00:01:53,818 it could be integrated maybe onto a dog 45 00:01:53,818 --> 00:01:55,818 or a maintainer . That's , that's , 46 00:01:55,818 --> 00:01:57,929 that's really the bread and butter of 47 00:01:57,929 --> 00:01:57,300 what we want is the people that are on 48 00:01:57,309 --> 00:01:59,420 the flight line . The people that are 49 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,587 out doing the , the mission day in and 50 00:02:01,587 --> 00:02:03,753 day out , how can we provide them some 51 00:02:03,753 --> 00:02:05,809 cooling for the average maintainer ? 52 00:02:05,809 --> 00:02:05,139 You just wear it on like a small 53 00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:07,206 backpack or a camel backpack . Right 54 00:02:07,206 --> 00:02:09,317 now , we're still developing a lot of 55 00:02:09,317 --> 00:02:11,039 different ways and on how this 56 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:12,650 technology can be captured . 57 00:02:17,050 --> 00:02:18,661 It's that innovation doesn't 58 00:02:18,661 --> 00:02:20,661 discriminate . I didn't come from a 59 00:02:20,661 --> 00:02:22,606 stem background . I'm not formally 60 00:02:22,606 --> 00:02:24,828 educated as an engineer . My experience 61 00:02:24,828 --> 00:02:26,661 is , is what drove this idea and 62 00:02:26,661 --> 00:02:28,883 everybody has their own experiences and 63 00:02:28,883 --> 00:02:30,883 can start the innovation process at 64 00:02:30,883 --> 00:02:33,106 their level . You will need people with 65 00:02:33,106 --> 00:02:35,106 technical backgrounds to help bring 66 00:02:35,106 --> 00:02:37,272 your idea to fruition . But that's why 67 00:02:37,272 --> 00:02:39,217 the Air Force has a whole team has 68 00:02:39,217 --> 00:02:41,328 built an entire team . Uh to help you 69 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:40,899 do that .