Hug Your Loved Ones From Paris or From Anywhere Around the World
If you’re a frequent traveler like my mom, you would know how hard it is to leave your family behind. Yes, you will definitely miss your loved ones. Which is why I have much respect for OFWs. 
The guys at Cute Circuit think so too. And they’ve been working on a hug shirt that can literally hug your loved ones over a distance.
The project has been nominated in Time Magazine’s Best Gadgets of 2006, although the hug shirt project has yet to be finished.
How does it work?
The Hug Shirt is embedded with sensors that feel the strength of the touch, the skin warmth and the heartbeat rate of the sender and actuators that recreate the sensation of touch, warmth and emotion of the hug to the shirt of the distant loved one.
For the shirts to work, your partner must have a Java enabled cellphone with her. When you send an sms message to your loved one, it will communicate with the Hug Shirt via Blue Tooth and thereby hugging your loved one.
Is the Hug Shirt for you?
It’s sounds pretty creepy to me. But on the other hand, looks interesting too.
Personally I’d like to give it a try and see if it does feel a REAL HUG. 
How about you? Would you try or even BUY something this crazy?
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Interesting! And yeah, a little creepy too. Hehe.
Haha. You can say that again.
Think of how much this would cost too! Much, I guess. hehe
another technological marvel? but i don’t think it will be successful. nothing can compare to a real hug no matter how many sensors and gizmos they put in that thing. just buy a sweater, it’s cheaper!
But what if it really does feel like a real hug? Haha.
Who knows, right? Nah. Just kidding Monaco. Of course, there is nothing like a real hug. All this talking about hugging makes me want to hug someone!