Sensor-laden
clothing isn't exactly
atypical this day in age, but the InsideOutside project takes wearable alerting to a new (albeit uncomfortable) platform. The garments are supposed to be rocked underneath of your corporately-approved suit and tie, and can purportedly assist you when coming in range of areas or situations that you don't spot right off, but you know would make you antsy if you did. Essentially, the garb "heats up or cools down uncomfortably" when the wearer gets near user-selected situations that they don't appreciate, meaning that you can program the clothing to tip you off when nearing
CCTV farms, pop concerts, and
rival fans of your
alma mater. Sadly, we've no clue whether or not these sophisticated threads will ever make it to the retail scene, but if this thing (eventually) allows you to add spots to your discomfort list on-the-fly via your mobile, we're sensing a real winner.
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posted Apr 5th 2007 1:14AM
So you mean this thing can squeeze me to let me know if someone is going to interrupt a private session? Sweet! Send me 5 of them!
Spidey Sense is tingling!
sheeple
Looks like a one-way-ticket to the NO FLY list.
Can it warn me when Venom is about to attack? If not, then I'm not interested.
yay. so you can be led around like a dog on a leash. fuck this and the douchbags who invented it.
Like the back seat of a Volkswagen?
OMG! We totally mashed up Google maps, GPS and clothes! Next up: Google maps, bandannas and cocktail stirrers!
So what does it do and how does it work?
Does it sense that i am nervous then chokes me out? Wow. sounds like a abusive relationship.
Mmmmm S&M.
I so hope these are a hit, so I can hack them!! Imagine walking down the street making everyone uncomfortable, then zoom in on some cutie and have her outfit reassure her that everything is fine, relax, this is your comfort zone. >:^)~
Have we become so sheep-minded that we can't just stop and look where we are manually?
I think I'd rather be made to feel *more* comfortable in an uncomfortable place.
Instead, this seesm to be more like; he's not going to like this, let's make him sweat.
I actually like the gps/map/info mashup, but these look silly.