Sexy Friday – 20260717

TGIF! I don’t have anything else to add. Probably because I’ve been drinking all day and can’t remember anything, but it could also be that nothing important is happening. Wait, F1 is in Spa (no, not that one, the race track in Belgium) this weekend. And there will be rain, so tune in on Apple TV if you like to see wacky results.

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Let’s go back to the early 2000’s and see what wacky ideas companies had for wearable electronics.

No-Contact Jacket
This one was for the ladies. The battery powered jacket was capable of delivery 80k volts of electricity. All the lady had to do was turn a key on the left arm band to arm it the system. Then, if anyone dared touched the jacket they would receive all of those 80k volts. To be fair, 80k volts isn’t lethal as it’s the equivalent of poking your finger into a electrical socket.

Necklaces
The precursor to those picture frames that show images. That’s right, Nokia developed a necklace that could store a whopping 8 images. (Again, this was the early 2000’s) The necklace could have images uploaded from a phone or computer and the necklace would display them.

More Jacket
This was a computer jacket pioneered by Pioneer. (Stop clapping) The jacket had a screen in one sleeve, a keypad on the sleeve cuff, and speakers in the collar. This was of course useless, but did exhibit Pioneer’s expertise in car stereo systems with those collar speakers.

ASL
Everyone aside from Balls read this and intuited it was about sign language and not bedtime shenanigans. Anyway, this was an electronic glove that would translate sign language into word or text.

Underwear
This is precursor to the Apple Watch 911 feature. Except this was a bra and underpants that had sensors in them that would monitor your vital signs. Of course, the only thing it monitored was heart rhythm. Crucially, though, the bra and underpants were machine washable.

Of course, all of these items no longer exist because we can do a lot better now.

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