Microsoft is developing 'Smart Bra' that can measure your mood

 

Microsoft researchers have been testing a protoype 'smart bra' that can measure your mood and warn you if you're likely to start binge eating. 

It can also measure emotional state, cross reference this with your diet patterns and send alerts to your smartphone when you are at high risk of over-eating. 

The smart bra is embedded with sensors that measure heart rate and respiration, skin conductance and movement. This data is then sent to a mobile phone application using Bluetooth.

In the research paper, the scientists explain that the bra form factor was chosen because it allows the sensors to sit close to the heart. The sensors are embedded in conductive pads which sit at the centre of the user's sternum, on each side of their ribs and in the bra cup, just under the breast.

 

 "We needed a form factor that would be comfortable when worn for long durations. We also needed a way to gather both EKG [heart] and EDA [sweat] signals." Except for, you know, it wasn't actually comfortable at all because the women in the study had to take off their bras every three to four hours to charge their physiological monitors.

 

What do you think of this bra? Do you think it's a smart move?