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Apparel» Wearables

Flame 5 Bluetooth Enabled Jacket

While I am still spending too much time finishing off a research report from years ago, something which feels more like a book than report, it does lead me in the direction of some not so recent but cool research efforts. The Flame 5 is a Bluetooth enabled jacket which communicates via heat. Judging from the weather reports stating that we are to expect some cold temperatures this weekend (8˚C) I wouldn't mind having a someone send me a sms to make me warm.

Flame 5 (F5) is a jacket that connects to your personal mobile via Bluetooth and enables communication via heat. If a person sends an SMS (TEXT) to a remote person wearing Flame 5, the clothing heats up depending on the personal message. Flame 5 works with standard Bluetooth mobile phones.

Different levels of heat depending on the message or the 'hotness' of the person calling? Groan. This work was developed at the Ambiente Group, Fraunhofer IPSI and naturally the concept has been widely reported all over the web.

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