CuteCircuit's Secret Message Glove

Those peeps at CuteCircuit, they of the SMS-sensing shirtsleeves, have come up with another wearable device of questionable practicality but definite coolness in the form of the Secret Message Glove. As its name suggests, the glove will let you pass messages secretly to another gloved individual with just a quick handshake, although we think they'll have to tone down the Michael Jackson-style design for more covert use. The glove was made as part of a workshop on smart textiles and physical computing but, sadly, plans for a DIY version don't seem to be available.

[Via MAKE: Blog]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2006 5:44PM]

That is incredible. I always knew you could tell a lot about a person from their handshake!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2006 7:07PM]

this glove was better

http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/powerglove.jpg

[OddManOut Posted Jul 25th 2006 2:39AM]

"it could be useful in Law Enforcement or Counter-terrorism"

Erm...I think such would actually be more aplicable to Law BREAKING or Terrorism itself. People trying to enforce the law aren't usually the ones trying to be covert and do things on the sly.

I don't know...I think an automatic rig between two PDAs over bluetooth would be better...if rigged right the two people wouldn't even need to touch, just come within a few feet of each other to pass messages. True it could be sniffed, but if could also be encrypted and obfuscated.

Still cool though, could have some practicality in industry. I think in many places where barcodes/readers are used this could allow someone to do the same thing but keep their 'hands free' as it were...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2006 11:15AM]

Mama se mama sa mamacu sa, mama se mama sa mamacu sa!

Oooowwwwwwooooo!

[Blackfeather Posted Jul 25th 2006 1:43PM]

uhhhh... what?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 26th 2006 6:16AM]

LOL.

It's a secret Michael Jackson code that gets transferred through the gloves from one user to the other the first time they're used.