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Hugs make bad days more bearable. But what do you do if you live alone or don’t really have anyone close by who’s willing to hug you?
I know that sounds sad, but don’t get too upset because Melissa Kit Chow, Andy Payne, and Phil Seaton from MIT have come up with a solution for you: virtual hugs.
The puffy vest might look like something you’d see on an avant garde fashion runway, but it’s got a techie touch. It’s actually called the Like-a-Hug, and for a good reason: it inflates and gives the wearer a ‘hug’ every time someone ‘likes’ a status, photo, or video that the wearer has posted on Facebook.
Like-A-Hug is a wearable social media vest that allows for hugs to be given remotely, bringing us closer despite physical distance. Hugs can also be sent back to the original sender by squeezing the vest and deflating it.
It’s just an art installation but it’s not very hard to figure out what its deeper meaning is.
[via Neatorama]
Allow me to unveil my inner cornball self, just this one time. So you know how, sometimes, you bake a cake and it doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to? I’m sure that isn’t something you’d like, but you’ll still “like” it anyway if you use the Facebook Like Oven Mitt when you take it out of the oven.
It’ll make for some light moments in the kitchen and actually put the fun back in whatever it is you’re doing in there. Here’s a fact: your cookies, cakes, and pies won’t always end up being perfect (either by taste or by sight), so have a little fun while you’re still whipping them up into shape.
The Facebook Like Oven Mitt is available from Yeople for €22.50 (~$28 USD).
And if Facebook just isn’t for you, then maybe the Pixel Oven Mitt or the Shark Bite Over Mitt is more your type.
[via The Green Head]
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