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Levi’s Musical Jean Jacket
Fig. 37 Musical jacket and its circuit
Component side of the circuit
Although the jacket is not in the stores yet, it has been test marketed in Europe [95].
The Wearable Computing Laboratory of the ETH Zürich presented a Music jacket (virtual drums) at
the exhibition "150 years ETH" in spring 2005 [96].
The company ADIDAS markets a sport shoe which they claim as ‘The World’s first Intelligent Shoe’.
The ADIDAS 1 shoe analyses the wearer’s speed, weight and the terrain underfoot by an electronic
unit implanted in the arch of the sole. A magnetic sensor monitors weight, pace and surface a
thousand times per minute and the information is send to a microprocessor. The microprocessor is
capable to send signals to a motor driven cable system connected to a cushion cylinder in the heel of
the shoe. Thus, the cylinder can be loosened and tightened to ensure a good level of cushioning.
Fig. 38 ADIDAS 1 shoe [97]
The shoe is equipped with + and – buttons at the side, above the buttons there are five small ambercolored
LEDs. As soon as the shoes are turned on, the middle LED lights up. Switching to another
LED, the shoe will start with the automatic adjustment of the cushion. However, the wearer also has
the possibility to adjust the shoes to his/her personal preference. The shoe can be either switched off
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