Wearable Warnings: snap crackle pop, back off! - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Wearable Warnings: snap crackle pop, back off! - Engadget - www.engadget.com: "Moral philosophers have historically abhored the easy-way-out concept of desiring to be a being of lesser cognizance than that of humans, with their knowledge of mortality and free-will. But in all reality, there is at least one proper bonus to being without such bothersome social indoctrinations and responsibilities: gestures and bodily reactions to unpleasant situations (the puffer fish inflates, the rattlesnake shakes its tail, etc.). Enter Wearable Warnings, Kind of like a punk looking version of the No Contact Jacket, or the complete apotheosis of the HugJacket: when the fur-striped coat is charged, its hair begins to stand on end; when an aggressor comes into its electrostatic field, they’ll feel their hair start to stand on end too, kind of like a Van de Graaff generator; closer still, and the fur will begin to crackle with electricity; touch the fur, and you get 100,000 volts. Please be sure to switch it off in the subway though, okay? "