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WiFi Pain Vest Doles Out Punishment for Nearing Hotspots
Posted by Adam Frucci at 2:11 AM on November 14, 2007
The "Constraint City" vest is a weird project by Austrian artist Gordan Savicic that's a sadistic type of WiFi detector. It's a vest, and as you get closer to WiFi hotspots, it gets tighter and tighter, causing discomfort and pain. The idea, according to Savicic, is to create "schizo-geographic pain map" of the wireless signals around us. OK. Perhaps it'd be better used to wean people off their Internet addictions, although I suppose you could just plug in and avoid the squeeze. Or, you know, just not put on the stupid vest in the first place. [Project Page via Make]
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alin0steglinski
Posted 12:23 PM 13/11/07
@alin0steglinski: oh and you guys could make it from something that would feel better as is squishes you... maybe something like the harness i will be getting on my powerchair [bodypoint.com]
alin0steglinski
alin0steglinski
Posted 12:16 PM 13/11/07
@alin0steglinski: however id like a limiter so it dont get painful... i cant stand pain, makes me have seizures
alin0steglinski
alin0steglinski
Posted 12:16 PM 13/11/07
>_> eep... i love tight hugs, so i might like this >_>
alin0steglinski
Redwraithvienna
Posted 11:50 AM 13/11/07
@coach:
Ok but the japanese play in a whole different league ...
Redwraithvienna
Redwraithvienna
Posted 11:49 AM 13/11/07
@AndrewJayPollack:
Well besides that guy ...
i meant more the arists who always try to be hip and then hurt themselves ...
Redwraithvienna
AndrewJayPollack
Posted 11:32 AM 13/11/07
Um, sadly I think Redwraithvienna does have a point. There have been some past...well...questionable world leaders from there.
AndrewJayPollack
flyboy
Posted 11:20 AM 13/11/07
at least Austri is famous for something.
besides its not that weird.
actually its not that clever either.
but its not a cake, or coffee... or a skier :-)
flyboy
coach
Posted 10:50 AM 13/11/07
@Redwraithvienna: Ever heard of a country called Japan?
coach
Redwraithvienna
Posted 10:32 AM 13/11/07
Why do the weirdos always have to come from my country ...
Redwraithvienna
dougvox
Posted 1:02 PM 13/11/07
Leave the Austrians alone. Much like Poland, they're desperately trying to fill the empty void that Germany has left them with salient antisemitism and bad art. Delicious tyrannical Germanic masochism...Arrrrrggggggle.
dougvox
AdmNaismith
Posted 1:49 PM 13/11/07
Clothing for Klingon geeks.
AdmNaismith
alin0steglinski
Posted 6:58 PM 13/11/07
@flyboy: thank you someone who recognizes it as not that weird... in fact i could see something like this used for autistic therapy in sensory integration therapy (hint:im autistic)
alin0steglinski