Smart 'spider' dress protects your precious personal space

Step back or deal with the spider arms.
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Smart 'spider' dress protects your precious personal space
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If you crave personal space but have trouble expressing it, there's a dress out there that sets physical boundaries for you.

Fashion tech designer Anouk Wipprecht created the "Spider Dress," a garment that features claw-like plastic arms which react when someone comes close to the wearer. On her website, Wipprecht describes the dress as a combination of robotics and design. It also works well with your personal bubble.

Her invention is both beautiful and terrifying, which is exactly what you'd want in a dress meant to protect personal space.


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