WearTec

I’m not quite sure how old this project is, as I couldn’t find any dates, but is clearly wearable technology, so I can’t see why I shouldn’t post it.
The MIT Media Lab has developed a musical jacket that combines a ‘keyboard’ (pictured separately in the photo), sewn into the jacket above the right breast pocket, and a mini MIDI module with speakers (the small brown boat shaped device near the jacket buttons on the left hand side of the photo). “What’s so great about this,” says Orth, “is that we’re maintaining the tactile and material properties that we’ve come to expect from everyday clothing.” This means, if you take out the MIDI module and the batteries, the jacket is fully machine washable, as the ‘keyboard’ is sewn into the jacket using mildly conductive thread.