Smart textile research has created clothing to monitor the wearer's emotional state and use integrated media to comfort them, reports the BBC news website.
The research has produced prototype clothes that read signals such as temperature and heart rate. The wearer's emotional state is determined using the sensory data, and a suitable response is provided by wearable electronic devices, such as LED displays and audio speakers. These are used to calm or soothe the wearer, for instance.
The technology was created by researchers from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Goldsmith College's Digital Studios, University of London.
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