A Barking Dog

I’ve never heard of clothes that tell you when it’s too loud. From Engadget, a shirt that measures ambient sound pressure level. No, really…

It’s called “The Noise Shirt”. Machine washable, it displays SPL using segmented into bars with data gathered from a mic. It will run for about three hours on a single charge, or about half the duration of a “String Cheese Incident” set. There is an induction loop around the neck of the shirt that charges the polymer-lithium battery while on a specially designed hanger. There is also another site with more info, though I couldn’t find a price.

Researchers from Tampere University of Technology in Finland have published a white paper (1.4MB PDF file) explaining the technology and the concept of a Body Area Network (I couldn’t make this shit up, kids…) and Personal Area Network.

I wonder what’s next? Pants that do transfer function or socks that do impulse response?

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