If you've ever watched a football game and wondered what it feels like to be tackled, then here's the shirt for you.
Australian telecommunications company Foxtel claims to have created a shirt that uses wearable technology to let you experience some of the physical sensations that athletes on the field are having. Those include pressure (to mimic a thumping heart), impact, despair ("the sinking feeling of every costly mistake"), exhaustion and adrenalin.
The data is transmitted via Bluetooth from a smartphone app, and the shirt is powered by a lithium polymer cell battery.
The item is available for Australian Rules Football club members who use Foxtel, along with other "loyal Foxtel customers." Pricing information was not disclosed.
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In the video above, the company is vague about how exactly the shirt works, except that it uses "feedback motors" to transfer sensations to the skin. The feedback motors seem to work the opposite way sensors do -- instead of receiving stimulus from you, it delivers it.