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Shockingly Pretty

Posted October 27, 2007 7:14 AM

Smart clothing combines two different worlds — textiles and electronics. Although the concept has been around for at least a decade, current intelligent clothing trends indicate that it will become an important part of future fashions. One example of developments in this arena: a jacket made to protect women from unwanted touching by surrounding her with 80,000 volts of electricity.

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10/27/2007 11:41 PM

"a jacket made to protect women from unwanted touching by surrounding her with 80,000 volts of electricity. ???

Hope you have lots of liability insurance. People accidentally touch each other all the time. Maybe you could include a sensor that analyses the intent of the toucher in realtion to the touchee. You wouldn't want to leave the decision up to the wearer either, who most most likely is totally deranged anyhow.

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10/28/2007 12:38 AM

I used to have some pigmy goats that became addicted to the electric fence they were in. They spent all day going back and forth for the shock and laughing all the while. Never underestimate the power of electrical stimulation. By the way, a perpetrator might carry a small jumper wire to redirect the shocking truth as it were.

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10/28/2007 4:59 PM

What has it to do with fashion .Protection , tracking is differnt issue related to facilities ,convinence . You don`t need 80,000 V to protect women , why they should wear such dresses and conduct fashion shows than and who will protect men from such electrifying women or is it women will run there gadgets and cars by powering them this is ........

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