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Bluetooth Evolution Conference (1)
October 31, 2007
I'm at the Bluetooth Evolution Conference in London today and tomorrow. I'll drop a few items in as I watch the presentations.
To kick off, here's one I missed, from 2006, that was mentioned in one of this morning's presentations: The Hug Shirt.
Yes, it's a shirt. And Yes, it has Bluetooth. The idea is - you couple it with a Java enabled mobile phone, and use it as follows:
- You and your friend both get hug shirts
- Pair with your phones
- Then one of you, eh, hugs yourself; sensors in the shirt create hug data
- The hug data is sent to the phone, which then sends it to your friend's phone (via SMS, I *think*)
- Your friend's phone then sends the hug data to the shirt, which then gives the hug to your friend (via actuators, also in the shirt)
Apparently it's washable as well. Amazing!
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thanks for your awesome note!