'Smart Bra' By Microsoft To Stop Women From Stress-related Overeating

While Google, Samsung, and Apple are busy
with smartphones, smartwatches, and
smartglasses, Microsoft has been working on
bringing artificial intelligence to a wearable
device that's a little bit more intimate - a
new 'smart' bra for women!
The giant tech company has developed a
smart-bra that its researchers say is used
to help prevent women from over-eating
when stressed.
The hi-tech bra measures the wearer’s heart
rate and breathing and alerts them when
their stress levels are rising by sending a
Bluetooth alert to their smartphone.
Senior Microsoft researcher Mary Czerwinski
hopes the bra will make women think twice
before opening the fridge.
‘It’s mostly women who are emotional over-
eaters and it turns out a bra is perfect for
measuring the heart,’ she told Discovery
News.
‘We tried to do the same thing for men’s
underwear but it was too far away.’
Reaction to the bra on Twitter ranged from
amusement to annoyance.Microsoft develops
‘smart’ bra
"Anyone else offended that Microsoft is
devoting its tech research to a bra designed
to prevent women from overeating?"
tweeted a Seattle woman whose Twitter
handle is @cunningminx.
Added Rachel Happe of Boston, "If nothing
else convinces you we need more women in
tech, this should. No, I don't want someone
hacking my bra..."
http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/05/microsoft-
smart-bra-will-stop-women-from-
overeating-4217113/
Is technology taking things a bit too far or
is this a welcomed development? Have your
say!
Source - http://
www.infonubia.com/2013/12/microsoft-
develops-smart-bra-to-prevent.html