The hug shirt helps you feel distant loved ones

These days you can send your hug lovin' via pillow, cellphone, or furniture — hell, you can even fondle your chicken remotely if that's your thing. Here's a wearable way to spread the love: the F+R Hugs is a soft Lycra shirt with embedded sensors that allows you to feel the hugging sensations of a loved one far away. The hug shirt works via mobile phone networks to transmit the heart beat, touch and body temperature of a remote companion in realtime, generating the sensation of a real hug. Actuators in the shirt are embedded at major body intensity points for the most strategically "real" sensation (just look at that guy and tell us he's not feelin' it.). There — now who said technology is making us more antisocial?

[Via Near Near Future]

[Mr.Clicky @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

Can you get them as underpants? :-p

[diem @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

I thought I had something interesting to say but the first comment sort of covered it...

[empty pockets @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

can you say waste of money

[Cullen @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

empty pockets is a virgin and has bad taste in music.
(waits for the 'i get some every night' speech)

[Mark @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

The guy in the photo modelling this product -- uh... no comment.

[PhilR8 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

C'mon, don't mince words #4 - that guy is PURE HOMO.

Not that there's anything wrong with that - but it is obvious which demographic the photo is attempting to appeal to. Tight shirt on skinny femme-boi - you'd think they could at least find a shirt that FIT.

[Jason @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

Times must my tough for Michael Bolton if he is doing promo ads...

[matthew m. barnes @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

crap... somebody beat me to the "Michael Bolton" comment.

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

This is the kind of gift you get from your girlfriend that makes you wish you were single.

[Et Tu @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

This product is a dud without em pants.

[GLN @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

It's actually not Michael, it's Owen Wilson..

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

the guy is a combo of Michael Bolton and Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction.

[David @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

He looks like a young Bill Maher.

[Helo @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

Yes i would like that underpants version for that "being groped" feeling.

[Jess @ Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM]

Here I thought it was Slim Goodbody. It would make sense, y'know.