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August 8, 2012 04:19 pm GMT

Would You Wear an Internet-Connected T-Shirt?


T-shirts are great outerwear, especially in the summer. But they're just so, you know, analog.

That may change, though. Ballantine's, the brand behind the tattoo-based "Human API," has a new idea it calls "T-Shirt OS."

The concept: A T-shirt with an ultrathin LED screen that's connected to the Internet (via your smartphone) and can display tweets, your Intstagram feed and even take photos. Though the technology to do all this is available, it's not clear whether consumers want such an item. Hence the video above, which is a sort of trial balloon for the concept. If you like what Ballantine's is proposing, then visit the brand's Facebook Page.

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