A jacket (at right) that doubles as a motorized massager has been equipped with WiFi so that, when stressed, the wearer can push a button which sends a message to other peoples’ WiFi enabled neck-ties – really, this how it works – and then those users can then decide whether to send digital sympathy that, when critical mass is reached – starts to massage the wearer of the jacket.
The project is called SOS: Stress Outsourced. Leave it to MIT’s Media Lab students to build such a thing. Excellent.
On display at a conference this week, Byron Lahey, the wearable-technology coordinator at the conference (and not related to the project) told TechNewsDaily (MSNBC link), “It’s much more relaxing because you feel a connection with people, not because the massage is so great.”
Our only question: does it come in black?
[...] Shared by Chad Catacchio on July 30, 2010 in Social Media, Startups · 0 Comment A jacket (at right) that doubles as a motorized massager has been equipped with WiFi so that, when stressed, the wearer can push a button which sends a message to other peoples’ WiFi enabled neck-ties – really, this how it works – and then those users can then decide whether to send digital sympathy that, when critical mass is reached – starts to massage the wearer of the jacket. The project is called SOS: Stress Outsourced. Leave it to MIT’s Media Lab students to build such a thing. Excellent. On display at a conference this week, Byron Lahey, the wearable-technology coordinator at the conference (and not related to the project) told TechNewsDaily (MSNBC link), “It’s much more relaxing because you feel a connection with people, not because the massage is so great.” Our only question: does it come in black? Original title and link for this post: Jacket Crowdsources Out Your Stress, Then Massages You [...]