Aposematic Jacket from Shinseungback Kimyonghun on Vimeo.Keep these threads in mind the next time you need a witness: the Aposematic Jacket is a camera-studded, business-appropriate, "wearable computer for self-defense." Created by Seoul-based art collective Shinseungback Kimyonghun, the jacket is laced with lenses that start recording when the wearer pushes a button, as well as its own Raspberry Pi computer. Not only do the external lenses send a prominent warning to criminals like a porcupine showing off its spines, the jacket films incidents in 360-degrees and posts the footage online instantly.While little is known about their Aposematic Jacket, Shinseungback Kimyonghun has previously used facial recognition software to generate portraits of the average face in a popular movies, and to spot faces in the clouds.Below, get a closer look at the Aposematic Jacket, and see sample the jacket in action:
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