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Wearable Customizable Displays

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the animated-shirt-logos dept.

igargoyle writes "France Telecom has done some fun R&D to display pixilated images from your cellphone on your shirt or sleeve. These raver garments can even be used as a standalone device that can animate based on sounds and gestures. With better resolution, designer memes and logos might become the hot intellectual property being shared by the young hipsters. Then again, maybe it will just be another place for advertisers to exploit."

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  1. Medical uses by furball · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This could be very handy for medical purposes. In normal uses, you can do whatever you want. But sensors inside the wearable can pick up that you're having a heart attack for example and provide the appropriate display on the wearable, eg. "I'm having a heart attack, call for help" etc.

    If you suffer a grand mal for example, it could give life saving instructions to people around on how to assist you in such a scenario.