If you thought the U.S. military is working round the clock to get the scientists to invent new devices to assist in the warfare, you couldn’t possibly be wrong. The latest in the line of development is a helmet that may help in virtual telepathy. Though a scary thought, the U.S. defense is hell bent upon reading the thoughts of its soldiers.

However, the helmet will be ready only after many decades. Hence, the soldiers need not worry for the moment. And moreover, the idea is to enable the soldiers to communicate silently. But of course, we all know that things are not so simple and it could be used for dubious purposes.

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Soon your hassles of carrying your cell phone and iPod chargers will vanish into the blue as Australian researchers are busy devising a special line of clothing that will power your small electronic devices and automatically recharge them with movement.

You just have to wear the clothing and as you move, vibrations generate, which are used to charge the battery or power plugged-in electronic devices.

The researchers opine that it will be hard to distinguish the garments from the regular phones, with the only possible difference in the visible series of small ‘plugs’ for attaching the equipment.
Via: Cosmos magazine

Here’s a dream come true for all those women who are missing the magic of a warm “hug” due to any possible reason. Here comes the “Hug Shirt” which will pamper you with an electronically generated hug, whenever you feel the need.

This will be done with the help of your mobile phone. All you need to do is buy two of these and give one to your partner who is away. Now, whenever you crave for a hug just SMS to your partner and the vital characteristics of your hug will reach him/ her and his shirt will give him/her the desired hug to your partner.

Crew at CuteCircuit analysed the most critical hug intensity points out of upper arms, upper back, waistline, neck, shoulders, and hips. The shirt features “hugging output actuators” on all these points to produce a hug which is as natural as an original one in not just intensity of your hug but warmth as well.

on rechargeable batteries, hug shirt will be priced at $300 as soon as it hits the markets this holiday season.

Via: Talk2myshirt

Models display clothes, attached with wireless touch keypads being developed by a US firm to go with MP3 digital music players, during a fashion show on the sidelines of the Solution and Contents Exhibition of Korea in Seoul on 20 June 2007. Sponsored by the South Korean government, the exhibition displayed new IT-related products from local and foreign firms.