May 31, 2005
Forget-me-not panties
While not real (though these Forget-me-not panties are being picked up on the Web as an actual product for sale) it would certainly be uh, an interesting use of location technology. [via Gear Live].
In their own words:
Forget-me-not panties will monitor the location of your daughter, wife or girlfriend 24 hours a day, and can even monitor their heart rate and body temperature.
Based on pioneering research developed by the U.S. military at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), we have brought this revolutionary technology, previously only available to the military, to you!
These "panties" can trace the exact location of your woman and send the information, via satellite, to your cell phone, PDA, and PC simultaneously! Use our patented mapping system, pantyMap®, to find the exact location of your loved one 24 hours a day.
The technology is embedded into a piece of fabric so seamlessly she will never know it's there!
Forget-me-not panties is one of the many sites taking part in the Eyebeam Contagious Media. Prizes will be awarded to the entry that receives the most unique visitors or or blog links during the contest time period (May 19 - through June 9). All entries must be a new work and the project must be created specifically for the Contagious Media Contest.
Other entries which have been in the news; cryingwhileeating.com, the Ring Tone Dancer and Blogebrity.
Related projects:
-- Chastity belts for the wireless world - "Under(a)wareables" are a project that features new kinds of chastity belts.
The devices are intended to be worn by people who are aware of their function, some would also allow clandestine surveillance by paranoid partners. The where(a)ware undergarments are aware of their geographical position and they can only be safely removed in certain locations, otherwise the underwear sends a text message to alert the jaleous lover when the wearer has left it and is not where s/he's supposed to be. [WMMNA]
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