Continuity mistake: When Henry is carving Dr. Nathan Stark in the wall, we see him carve the H and the wall says DR. NATH. As Jack is walking in an A appears after the H.
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Continuity mistake: Henry is showing Zoe how to melt a penny, but in the next shot the penny is not melted.
Continuity mistake: When Jack and Lexi are in the jeep talking a car can be seen in the mirror, but when they pull over no car passes them.
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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Mendel picks up the beaker with the blue liquid it is almost full, but when he goes to pour it out the beaker is almost empty.
Continuity mistake: When Jack, Stark, and Allison walk into the room at G.D. where Martha escaped from Stark is seen putting his hands on his hips twice.
Continuity mistake: When Jack is using the mustard to find Martha, Vincent ducks behind the counter. The shot changes to show just Vincent and he is shown ducking down again.
Continuity mistake: When Captain Eureka puts out the fire at the pumping station, Jack's Jeep somehow gets on fire, but we are able to see where the fire went, and it didn't come anywhere near the road or the Jeep.
Chosen answer: It's basically just a type of suit that's made for whatever special project they're working on. No different than a lab coat, hazmat suit, fire coat, etc.