The like-a-hug project

Just reading about this interactive garment, which is connected to Facebook's 'like'. The Like-A-Hug project is a "wearable social media vest", developed by Melissa Kit Chow in collaboration with Andy Payne and Phil Seaton, as part of the MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group. They came up with the concept over a casual conversation about long-distance relationships and the limitations of video chat interfaces like Skype.

I wonder however if someone really wants to wear the jacket all the time and receive hugs at random moments or whether it is not crucial to actually feel the body warmth and sense the smell of the other person. Think it might be very useful if you do research in the arctic :-) Though it has to be said that this project can be considered as an provocative art project... Read full blog here