Studio 5050's embrace-me hoodie lights up when hugged
By Darren Murph 
posted May 22nd 2008 7:01PM
posted May 22nd 2008 7:01PM
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posted May 22nd 2008 7:01PM
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Thats some expensive cuddle time.
Cool idea and not bad looking, but I agree that $240-$300 per sweater is a bit excessive. The only people who will be able to wear these are the celebs, high class, and middle class who want to blow their return from Bush this month or the next. Where is the love if no one can afford to wear one?
Talk about being LED astray!
Believe it or not, THE CONCEPT HERE ISN'T REVOLUTIONARY AT ALL, but Studio 5050 is revising the OLD huggable shirt IDEA by infusing an ultra-soft hoodie with a pattern made of "silver conductive fabric."
Well i couldnt resist to post this. how come engadget doesnt state words like this everytime they an old feature to the iphone?
after all, the concept of 3G and geotagging are old stuff that came out a few years back. but hen again its engadget, what do you expect?
ZOMG new iphone idea this, that, blah blah.........
An excuse to be hugged.
2girls1sweater
ooops sorry for the double post of that ^^^^
girl hugging girl?
What do you want, a NSF tag?
I think he was looking for a "Christian moral majority" tag.
or...
"God hates figs" tag.
2girls1sweater
That's what I was thinking. I'll buy the sweater just because of the two girls hugging. . .
Actually god made figs, and they taste quite good in newton form.
$600?? And how much would it cost to put a push-switch on your chest and LEDs in the back of the shirt? $10? I guess about $50 if you include the price of the shirt.
WTF have we come to?
I think its marketed to the tween couple on coke.
Oh those EMO kids huh
Why do you feel it necessary to condemn people based on misconceptions & stereotypes?
Bunson: Calm down bud. We don't need you to start cuttting yourself. Its not worth it!
Wait a second..Tweens? on coke? where the hell do you live?
How about a shirt that tells your partner something they /don't/ know?
...but then, clothes that analyze your sweat are probably even more costly..
....and blood interfaces freak people out, man.
but then we wouldn't have humorous trash TV like Jerry Springer or Maury.
The irony is, anyone who wears this will never get a hug from anyone. Period. (I make exceptions ofcourse if two or more people wear this, then there's a solid chance)
If GTA has taught me anything, it's that $600 will get you a lot more than half of a light-up hug.
Hug me, Im a nerd.
Pervert Hoodie...
Oh I don't know. If say, Jessica Alba wore this, I'd be more than willing to light up her lights ... (hope my wife doesn't read Engadget)
They make something worse than the embrace-me...
http://www.5050ltd.com/clickSneaks.php
Wow...
I think I will wait for the embrace-me suicide vest.
David Cameron WILL be pleased! (Read "Hug a Hoodie")
Looks like the stars in Fist of the North Star...
I would love to pour a bucket of water on someone wearing a jacket full of lights. lol
Bottom line: More 'public displays of lumnescence'
If there's no one to hug you, then, perforce, these hoodies are truly 'light wait'....
Thanks. I needed a groan-worthy pun today.
Seriously. That was worth at least $2.00 cash.
David Cameron was hugging the hoodie ages ago. Old.
Oh, gag me.
Call me when it makes honking noises when you grab the boob area. That might be good for a laugh, at least.
Or perhaps it could make radio tuning squelch noises when you "tune in Tokyo."
Hug-lights. Barf. What's next? A heart-light that will glow when you touch fingers?
As if hugging wasn't fun enough to begin with.
Raver hug!
better to have light up nipples that blink repeatedly during the wild thing and glow bright on climax - perhaps should even use the action to generate electricity
Wasn't a garment similar to this responsible for Boston's Logan Airport being evacuated and a MIT student charged with terroristic actions because the information desk attendant thought she the MIT student had a bomb strapped to her body?
... and shorts out when washed.
Just what we need. Now we can see "Juicy" in lights!
I'll wait for a tutorial on a hug-counting shirt, thanks. ;D
Corny line to go with the sweater.
"You light up my world, girl."
:|
Your back lights up when you are shown some "affection". And there are over 40 comments without one Cylon comment yet? What type of gadget site is this?!
If someone were to hot wired this (to make it turn on without a hug) and were to walk around Boston, do you think the authorities will mistake him for a bomb?