微软展示一款能读懂用户情绪的“情绪衬衫”
Imagine walking into a room of strangers knowing your clothes could keep you calm, or wearing a jacket that could cheer you up after a breakup.
想象一下，你走进一间屋子，里面都是陌生人，但你知道你的衣服可以让你保持冷静，或在分手后，你身上穿的夹克能让你高兴。
That's the dream of Microsoft, which has described such a piece of futuristic clothing in a patent.
It shows a 'mood shirt' that reads a wearer's emotions then stimulates their nervous system in a way that can either cheer them up or calm them down.
It explained the gadget is designed to 'provide a user with a cost effective, reliable and easy to use way to enhance their physical health and mental well-being and enhance their success in communicating and/or negotiating with other people.'
It is also suggested it could be especially useful for elderly people as well as those with disabilities and autism.
In essence, a system of sensors inside the garment read the wearer's heart rate, skin temperature and measure the movements they make.
In the patent, published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it says these sensors are connected to a system of actuators sitting close to the skin so they are able to create a feeling of pressure – like a hug – heat and coolness or generate vibrations or music.
Actuators could be chosen to suit a person's needs.
For example, an autistic user could benefit from a micro pump to apply pressure on their wrist, for example, which is a technique used by some to relieve the stress of sensory overload.
Equally, the item of clothing could switch on cooling actuators if it thought a wearer was getting hot and flustered on a date, for example, or play a happy song from a minute speaker, if it sensed they were sad.