Ping onto Facebook with the social networking garment

We’ve covered, read and experienced a lot about wearable technology, good enough for us to conclude that we’re closing into a world when we’ll have our clothes and bodies communicating. Giving this thought an extended leap, particularly for the Facebook users - Jennifer Darmour has invented a social networking garment called Ping. Ping – is a hoodie – on which simple gestures like lifting up the hood, or wearing the hood, are identified to automatically update your status on Facebook. Using Lilypad and Lilypad Xbee with custom software, the garment requires a simple application to customize or interface with Facebook, so that added gestures like tying a bow, zip, button, moving, bending and swinging can be used to ping your friends naturally and automatically. Way to hit FB, I’m all excited for this.

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Via: FashioningTech/BornRich