Just when you’d thought you’ve seen it all, someone pops up with yet another way that technology can really be integrated into your daily routine. If you’ve ever felt cold, distracted, and perhaps even unfashionable while using your computer, Sternlabs has your answer: a body-technology “interface” that suspiciously resembles an over-stretched sweater.

We’ve all had our moments as kids (or for some of us, much more recently) when we’ve tried to fit the entirety of our frames within the toasty confines of a sweater, hoodie or other piece of clothing; aside from the obvious benefits of bubble warmth and seclusion from the harsh and uninviting world, you could just as easily do your work on a laptop, right?

Though it would seem such a woolen concoction of epic proportions might have been conceptualized either by taking heavy doses of speed, Sternlabs believes that little wooly sweater things are the perfect solution to heat, distraction and privacy management.

There might be one, at most two, slight issues with the revolutionary technology interface pictured here. First, though being warm is always a necessity while computing, it might be worth noting that laptops and computers can get quite toasty on their own, outside sweater amoebas; that knitting doesn’t exactly look like non-flammable.

Then there’s the part where you look like you’re literally being enveloped by some freak organism that is consuming both your face and your computer; though you might have short term privacy in the sense that you’re the only one that can see your computer screen, you might find ultimate privacy when people refuse to be in the same room with you — ever. Imagine the looks you’ll get when claustrophobia kicks in and the thing that is eating your face starts flailing around like it wants a new victim.

Perhaps a better direction to take body-technology interfaces would simply be to construct “cubes” out of recycled paper turned cardboard, in which you can act like you’re doing all your work inside a sort of “fort.” Oh wait…I’m actually quite sure I did that when I was 10.

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Entry was posted on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm under Advertising, Opinion, Technology, Tutorials.

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