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Monday, October 8, 2012
The Facebook jacket that can give you a real hug when someone likes you online
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| The jacket can automatically inflate to hug the wearer when a like is received via a mobile phone |
If you've ever felt a 'like' on Facebook wasn't quite real enough, a US designer has unveiled a jacket that hugs the wearer every time they receive one.
Designed by MIT student Melissa Chow, the 'Like-A-Hug' is a wearable social media vest that allows for hugs to be given via Facebook, bringing us closer despite physical distance.
The vest inflates when friends 'Like' a photo, video, or status update on the wearer's wall.
It's creator says this 'allows us to feel the warmth, encouragement, support, or love that we feel when we receive hugs.
Hugs can also be sent back to the original sender by squeezing the vest and deflating it.
'The project was done as an exercise and exploration in shape display,' said Miss Chow.
'We came up with the concept over a casual conversation about long-distance relationships and the limitations of video chat interfaces like Skype.
'The concept of telepresence arose, and we toyed with the idea of receiving hugs via wireless technology.
'The result was Like-A-Hug.
'Connecting it to Facebook conceptually was simply a way to explore how social media might push past the traditional graphic user interface.'
Air pockets inside the jacket inflate when the wearer's mobile phone sends a signal a page has been liked.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Woman Killed Boyfriend After Facebook Fight
Wilnilia Sanchez Falcon, 30, is expected to be charged over the death of 25-year-old Jesus Rivera Algarin, according to Lieutenant Candido Pagan. The victim was stabbed in the torso at a house in the central mountain town of Comerio.
Mr Pagan said the suspect’s two children, a 10-year-old boy and a girl, just under two months, were in the property when the killing happened.
But the officer also said it was not known if they witnessed the stabbing.
Mr Pagan provided no information about what Sanchez may have posted on her Facebook account to apparently upset Rivera.
He said Sanchez did not have a criminal history but Rivera was charged with domestic violence in 2010.
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