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Ready to Test a 'SmartShirt'?
Roland Piquepaille writes "In a very brief article, Health Data Management reports that Sensatex Inc. is looking for beta testers for its SmartShirt system. These fully washable shirts are using nanotechnology to weave a conductive fiber grid into the cotton fabric to monitor your movements or your heart rate and transmitted wirelessly to a central computer. If the tests are successful, these shirts could be used to remotely check old people living alone, but also soldiers in the field or athletes. Read more for additional details and pictures of these 'smart' shirts."
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The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
...welcome our new SmartShirt overloads!
I don't trust these shirts. How are we sure that nanotubes won't break away or escape from the shirt and enter the lungs? How do we know that they're safe for people to wear? I think we're set for another DDT-style disaster here.
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Embedding software into softwear...
My shirt and I having a conversation in a club.
Shirt: "You do realize that deodorant is not in limited supply?"
Me: "Shut up damnit I sprayed the pits."
Shirt: "Yeah but what freakin' century and what is with those dance moves I mean Anthony Michael Hall doing the geek moves in the Breakfast Club had more grooves than you."
Me: "Ok crap this is the last time I take you out."
Shirt: "So, you are saying you are actually going to start having a social life?"
Me: "Life critiques from my apparel, wonderful."
Shirt: "Listen if you want to ditch me to the floor man that is all you there is a hottie right over there that is just dying to rip me off of you."
Me: "Really? Damn, point that out dude."
ACK
DVD Jon says you can trick the shirt by jacking off while working out.
to ask "But does it run linux?" gets a punch in the face... from Sensatex.
Perhaps then we'll actually believe you.
Ohhh, now I get it.. T-Shirt, T-600, T-700, T-1000...
Now we know how it started. Well who's keen on testing nano technology bent on world destruction and extermination of the human race on his shoulders.
Anyone?
Now the NSA can monitor my shirt. Great.
All they will figure out from /. users is a correlation between fast heart rate and trying to get first post on the latest article.
... like "Attention! This person is WANTED. If possible, DETAIN this person!"
Then a hot chick tackles you and starts ripping off your clothes...and the authorities kick in your door...
You know you're on Slashdot, right?
Oh...right. Sorry. So you're watching this...video of a hot chick tackling some dude and ripping his clothes off...and the authorities kick in your door...
There's no place like