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Would you wear a smart scarf that tracks your biometrics?

Would you wear a smart scarf?

Manchester City seem to think so. According to an official release posted by City, they ran a pilot program in which a handful of lifelong fans wore club scarves with “EmotiBit” sensor systems from Cisco Systems stitched into them. One sensor monitored body temperature, another blood flow, and accelerometer data monitored movement. Notably, there was also an EDA sensor with “lie detector technology” — which sounds like it could be more useful on the field: Strap one on a world-class embellisher Luquinhas of the New Jersey Red Bulls and watch his production slow to a trickle.