Just what the title says.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

There is a new shirt being marketed in Japan that contains a network of sensors and a Wi-Fi transmitter that allows realtime monitoring of the wearer's health on a website. Although the product was originally intended for monitoring elderly hospital patients, it has been snapped up by Japanese mothers who want to be able to monitor their childrens' health at all times. School administrators have become increasingly frustrated with calls from mothers saying that their kids need to go to the doctor immediately based on their Internet health readings. One woman called a school's office screaming that her child had died when in fact he had only removed his shirt for a gym class.

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