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Techno Bra will alert Authorities
Wonko42 writes "This is really strange. A British inventor has apparently created a bra that monitors its wearer's heart rate and can tell when she is in danger. Using its built-in wireless phone, the techno-bra calls the police (or the wearer's boyfriend) and, using the built-in GPS locator, it relates the exact position of the wearer. Um...interesting....and there's more in the article. "
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures of it, but I wonder how stylish it may be.
10. It monitors your heartrate and if you get excited it phones your boyfriend.
9. If you havn't got a boyfriend it phones a muscular policeman.
8. If the police are busy servicing other girls it phones an escortcompany.
7. You can set the dialtone to vibration.
6. The gel-like substance is really nice for sensitive nipples.
5. You can post comments on slashdot like this on slashdot by just connecting to laptop and fiddling with your beasts.
4. Using the GPS and a log function you can backtrack and find all your clothes from last night.
3. If your boyfriend is a geek, maybe this techno-bra will cause him to play less with his computers and more with your tits.
2. Gives a new meaning to the term "silicon valley".
1. You can get it for free if you are a long legged 36DD blonde and agree to provide advertisment space.
I could easily see this being the "interactive chastity belt" of the future.
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Think about it, if I was a over-concerned father of a 14 year old these days... this would be a prime advantage to make my remington useful.
-Erik-
you know, something like this could be potentially more useful for detecting heart problems like heart attacks. it's been well established that heart related problems in women tend to get overlooked by doctors.
"For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and Long Words Bother Me"
Oh my...
/dev/strap...
I'm not sure whats worse, that Slashdot is turning to cheesy sex humor, or that I'm finding some of it so damn funny...
Could be nice though, if I had a daughter, she's get one, and I'd definately take away world and group access to
Apparently the inventors have come up with a similar invention for men -- It's a pair of underpants that monitors your "heartbeat" to see when you get lucky. When you do, it immediately phones up 15 of your mates and brags to them about it.
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Rod Begbie done this, and he's not
Yeah... Pictures would be nice!!! Do you ever wonder why the Internet has such a bad reputation...
...and the time will have come. And the name shall be known... The Kylrathi Viper Clan.
I recall seeing this in Wired and thinking that it's pretty ridiculous. The inventor is basically asking women to cede their right to protect themselves ('course, IIRC it's made in Britain; they've already ceded that right) and rely on a 'speedy' police response. Given that, at least in the US, the police do not have the responsibility to protect any one person (merely to do what they can, or something similar; this is a Good Thing(tm), since otherwise the families of murder victims could sue willy-nilly), this seems ill-founded at best and downright dangerous at worst.
Which would you rather have were you a woman (I imagine that a few of us on Slashdot are; maybe they could reply): a techno bra, with a 5-30 minute response time; a can of mace, which is often ineffective against a hopped-up attacker and is often used against the wielder (they are very close-range weapons, and are fairly easy to wrest from one's grasp; or a handgun, which is fairly effective (very rarely need to shoot; the gun itself is a deterrent) and not commonly used against the wielder (due to the long-range covering effect of a gun, an attacker has difficulty getting in close enough to take it)? Personally, I would prefer the gun. But then I wnjoy guns. I would think, though, that anyone would prefer the can of mace or pepper spray to the techno-bra. Even of they are not terribly effective (esp. in wind, such as is common here in Denver), they have to be more effective than an absent police officer.
I would guess, though, that the techno-bra has a single good purpose: it would still go off if the victim were surprised in some way (say a man approaches from behind and holds a knife--or a gun for that matter--to the throat or back). In that instance she cannot easily reach for a gun or can of spray. Even a personal alarm is not likely to be accessible. Still, the number of false alarms with this sort of thing would have to be tremendous.
In addition to that, it seems unlikely that a woman would want to wear one of these things every day. Who lives or works in that threatening of an environment? Maybe it's very common and I just don't know.
There is also the matter that it seems a bit old-fashioned and sexist: 'I'm just a poor helpless woman who cannot defend herself. Please save poor little ol' me you big strong policeman you!' I thought that we'd gotten past that as a society. Women are more than able enough to defend themselves; they don't need to rely on us men for that anymore. At least, not in cities and not with modern technology and versus crime.
You just have to know what you are doing.
And while I, personally, wouldn't really want to carry around a gun, I've often wished that my SCA dagger was street-legal (damn laws against double-edged knives in this state
Admittedly, I think that carrying around ANYthing without using your brains and staying alert to the world around you is a Bad Idea(tm). 'course, I used to drive my friends absolutely bonkers because I refused to wait for the escort cars at college. But the way I see that is this: I can stand around outside for 15 minutes and wait for the car to take me home, or I can walk home in the same 15 minutes. If I'm standing around waiting, the potential predator KNOWS I'm scared to walk home alone, and will use that against me. If I walk like I know where I'm going, it's that much less likely to be a problem. Admittedly, there is no perfect way to stay safe. But if something like the Techno-Bra gets more women to think they can go about their daily business without being afraid of the world around them (without thinking they don't have to be alert to potential problems), this is a good thing.
However, I can think of all kinds of ways the Techno-Bra could get abused. Like Daddy Dearest making his little girl wear this on dates, so if she gets um, "excited," it will call him
"Somebody exploded a letter-bomb today
So if someone ported linux to the bra could you unstrap it remotely? something about umount /dev/strap ? And what about talking to other bras? I think this fits in that wearable computer category. Then again it would be kind of embarassing to file a complaint that someone invaded your privacy by hacking into your bra because you left open ports that were not all the way secure. You wouldnt get much support ;)
- "My name is Legion, for we are many" -Mark 5:9
What's next, a condom that goes off during increased stress levels?
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Dear Anonymous Coward,
Your post, entitled 10 nice things about a GPS/cellphone in your bra ! is obviously a ripoff of my continuing bad gag entitled, Top X things... (Patent Pending), which has been featured in such quality publications as The Backyard Poster, Playgeek, and Good Postkeeping.
Unless you pull the post, issue a formal retraction, kiss my feet, and declare war on Canada for crimes against Guam, I shall be forced to pursue prompt legal action. My crack (smoking?) law team of Lye, Cheet, and Steel will be in touch shortly.
Sincerely,
Rim Rod III, Esquire
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Not wearable.
Rack mounted.