The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab has created a jacket that (thanks to a wi-fi and a wireless fan) inflates when someone likes your latest photo, video or status update posted to Facebook.
And if they're wearing the same MIT jacket, you can hug the person right back.
It could very well be the future - or at least if MIT can add some kind of sex toy component.
Here's the video:
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The Decline and Fall of Western Civilisation, Part IV: The Facebook 'Like' jacket
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