Spidey Sense Gets Real

Come into my web, why don't'cha? Help yourself to a steaming mug of arabica joy juice and a virtual muffin, doughnut or pastry. A question for you...Do you like spiders? Me? I hate the little beasts to the point of a mild case of arachnophobia. But anyway...here's a new spin on 'the little black dress'. Maybe black widow spider dress?

Among the breakthroughs demonstrated by the computer chip company Intel's RealSense system is a cocktail dress from Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht that not only senses the wearer's "mood," but also acts to repel (or encourage) strangers who might approach the wearer. 

Sensors (including small LED monitors) measure respiration and 11 other profiles, and if the wearer is "stressed," artistic spider-leg epaulets extend menacingly from the shoulder to suggest that "intruders" keep their distance (in which case the dress resembles something from the movie "Aliens") 

-- or, if the wearer feels relaxed, the legs wave invitingly.

 

The experimental "spider dress" was showcased at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [Daily Mail (London), 1-7-2015] 

Not my cup of tea. Nifty gift for someone, though, eh?

I'll stick with the WW Web, thank you very much!

See ya, eh!

Bob