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Hacked T-Shirt Reveals Your E-mail Inbox Count... in Binary

by Terrence O'Brien on April 1, 2010 at 07:25 AM

T-Shirt Hacked To Show In Box Count
There are geek t-shirts and ridiculous wearable gadgets, and then there is this, occupying some weird middle ground. This t-shirt boasts an embedded micro-controller that communicates with an Android smartphone via Bluetooth in order to alert you of incoming e-mails. The shirt has LEDs that light up, telling you exactly how many messages are currently waiting for your discerning delete finger -- in binary, of course.

The micro-controller itself is actually integral to the style of the shirt, and the mono-spaced font keeps it looking geeky, but simple. Now, we're not saying we'd wear this outside of the house, but it is an interesting clothing hack, and one that isn't completely offensive to our eyes.

Check out the video below for a more in-depth explanation of how it works, and to see it in action. [From: Engadget]


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