Wearable electronics are nothing new, but not looking like a complete idiot inside the process is novel. The M-dress isn’t perfect, nevertheless it may be the first time you could wear your phone without being laughed out of the room.
The dress, designed by high-tech-haute-couture firm CuteCircuit, conceals an embedded sim card and antenna in its fabric. Do you have to receive a decision-and we’re banking on a vibrate function here-the wearer can answer through lifting her (Or his! Giz don’t discriminate!) hand to their ear. Similar to picking up a standard phone, only, well, people will see you talking into your hand. But ” It doesn’t make you look completely crazy like the Bluetooth-earpiece people,” contends Francesca Rosella, one of the crucial brains behind the dress. Okay, maybe less completely crazy.
The M-dress has no screen or interface, so it may be pre-programmed to call only a single number-choose wisely. And you’ll have got to face the fear of not knowing who’s calling you before you reach that fashion-forward hand of yours to take the call, similar to the old days. But hey, nobody said the trend avant garde was going to be easy. [CuteCircuit via The Star]
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