{"id":3908,"date":"2014-08-06T06:35:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2014-08-06T06:35:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:35:29","slug":"electronic-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are the Electronic trousers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vacuum-pants\"<\/a>At the recent wearable technology expo in New York an explosion of gadgets that could be worn or attached to the human body suggests massive growth in this sector over the next few years, but something seemed to be missing among the watches, bracelets, glasses and smart shirts on show…not a single pair on electronic pants could be found.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t worry, some students at a UK university are working on it<\/a>, proving that it\u2019s at least possible to build a pair of battery powered trousers that would allow the wearer to walk up walls.<\/p>\n

The vacuum trousers replicate and idea from a wallace and grommit movie from the early 90s and while proven possible that\u2019s about as far as they\u2019ll get to making them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the recent wearable technology expo in New York an explosion of gadgets that could be worn or attached to the human body suggests massive growth in this sector over the next few years, but something seemed to be missing among the watches, bracelets, glasses and smart shirts on show…not a single pair on electronic pants could be found. But[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[533,1001,958,942],"class_list":["post-3908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-future-of-technology","tag-research","tag-smart-shirt","tag-wearable-technology"],"yoast_head":"\nWhere are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the recent wearable technology expo in New York an explosion of gadgets that could be worn or attached to the human body suggests massive growth in this sector over the next few years, but something seemed to be missing among the watches, bracelets, glasses and smart shirts on show…not a single pair on electronic pants could be found. But[Read More...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"297\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"headline\":\"Where are the Electronic trousers?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/vacuum-pants.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"future of technology\",\"research\",\"smart shirt\",\"wearable technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Where are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/vacuum-pants.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/vacuum-pants.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/vacuum-pants.jpg\",\"width\":530,\"height\":297},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/electronic-trousers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Where are the Electronic trousers?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"description\":\"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\",\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/techdailyradio\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/techdailyradio\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/author\\\/administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Where are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Where are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","og_description":"At the recent wearable technology expo in New York an explosion of gadgets that could be worn or attached to the human body suggests massive growth in this sector over the next few years, but something seemed to be missing among the watches, bracelets, glasses and smart shirts on show…not a single pair on electronic pants could be found. But[Read More...]","og_url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/","og_site_name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","article_author":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","article_published_time":"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":530,"height":297,"url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Wells","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Wells","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/"},"author":{"name":"Andy Wells","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"headline":"Where are the Electronic trousers?","datePublished":"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/"},"wordCount":135,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg","keywords":["future of technology","research","smart shirt","wearable technology"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/","name":"Where are the Electronic trousers? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg","datePublished":"2014-08-05T20:35:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/vacuum-pants.jpg","width":530,"height":297},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/electronic-trousers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Where are the Electronic trousers?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/","name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","description":"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d","name":"Andy Wells","sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","https:\/\/x.com\/techdailyradio"],"url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3910,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions\/3910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}