Originally posted by the Bear:
once in a while, someone invents something that warms the
heart as much as it wows the head.. this is one of them..
[b]The Hug
Shirt
How does it work?
The Hug Shirt is a Bluetooth accessory for Java enabled mobile
phones. Hug shirts dont have any assigned phone number, all the
data goes from the sensors Bluetooth to your mobile phone and your
mobile phone delivers the hug data to your friends phone and it is
seamlessly transmitted Bluetooth to his or her shirt!
Sending hugs is as easy as sending an SMS and you will be able to
send hugs while you are on the move, in the same way and to the
same places you are able to make phone calls (Rome to Tokyo, New
York to Paris).
The system is very simple: a Hug Shirt (Bluetooth with sensors and
actuators), a Bluetooth java enabled mobile phone with the Hug Me
java software running (it understands what the sensors are
communicating), and on the other side another phone and another
shirt. If you do not have a Hug Shirt but know that your friend has
one you can still send them a hug creating it with the HugMe
software and it will be delivered to your friends Hug Shirt!
The Hug Shirt can be washed. The smart technology pads (containing
sensors and actuators), placed under each red area that you see in
the picture, can be removed for washing and placed back in
afterwards. The Hug pads are plug and play, so that you dont need
to be an expert to place them and make it work! The Hug Shirts are
available in many colors, so that you can move the smart pads from
shirt to shirt and remain fashionable.
When touching the red areas on your Hug Shirt your mobile phone
receives the sensors data via Bluetooth (hug pressure, skin
temperature, heartbeat rate, time you are hugging for, etc) and
then delivers it to the other person.
available soon from CuteCircuit[/b]
wow.. will they have the same for pants next?
Those lovers can send each other a 'piak' on the butt. 
