Usually this blog reports on fancy inventions or breakthroughs related to the biomedical field. We have discussed many technical advances that will ultimately improve the quality of people who suffer from a wide range of pathologies.
Sometimes though medical knowledge and engineering can come together in a funny way, too. The company ‘neurowear’ is doing exactly this as stated on their website: "to develop fashion items and gadgets using brain waves and other biosensors". Their first product is called ‘Necomimi’ and instead of spending a lot of words explaining what it exactly does, this movie might be self-explaining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06zvM2x_lw
Enjoy!
Marijn