Do You Need A Hug (Shirt)?

Published: August 28, 2007, 12:05 am

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CuteCircuit thinks you need a hug as the company has created an innovate shirt called the Hug Shirt. Leveraging Bluetooth technology and SMS text messaging, the Hug Shirt, that lets you send a hug to your fellow hug shirt wearing friends via your mobile phone. Each hug you send is played back like a message. So if you tap on your left shoulder the receiver of the message will feel that tap wherever they receive the message. Nominated as one of the Best Inventions of 2006 by Time Magazine, the Hug Shirt does not appear to be readily available for purchase yet but it probably will be soon. I cannot wait to find one because I would love to give the Hug Shirt a whirl. For a deeper explanation the Hug Shirt, the resident performed a video interview (shown below) at the 2006 Wired NextFest. Add Somewhat Frank Product Demos to your page Current TV also offers an informative program on the Hug Shirt produced by Mark Rinehart. What's next for CuteCircuit? I would love to see

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