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GPS Lingerie 'Find Me If You Can'
GPS lingerie is now available, thanks to Brazilian lingerie maker Lucia Iorio, who markets it to "techno-savvy women."
"She can be found only if she wants to."
GPS lingerie is expensive enough that you'd want to keep track of it anyway; it starts at $US800.
This collection ... is a wink to women and a challenge to men because, even if she gives him the password to her GPS, she can always turn it off," Iorio told AFP.
(GPS lingerie video)
The earliest reference I know for built-in electronics in clothing is the sleeve communicator from Murray Leinster's classic (and retro-Hugoed, if I'm not mistaken) 1945 story First Contact.
He pressed the button in his sleeve communicator and snapped:"Action stations! Man all weapons! Condition of extreme alert in all departments immediately!"
(Read more about Leinster's sleeve communicator)
I should also point out that one of the main features of a GPS, the ability to automatically graph a journey on a map, was described by Jack Williamson in his 1936 story The Cometeers; see the entry for cartograph.
More references to clothing with built-in electronics:
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- Motorola AUDEX Jacket With Sleeve Controls
- Digital Lederhosen MP3 Player Bavarian-Style
- And don't miss the Keyboard Pants.
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