The Brainy Bra
Created | Updated Jun 21, 2003
Would you wear one of these?
Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane experts are developing a bra with a brain which adjusts its own straps. The so-called smart bra is just what active women need, according to researchers at Wollongong University in New South Wales. Experts in "intelligent" fabrics have teamed up with biomechanics researchers to develop the bra, which tightens its own straps in response to movement.
The smart bra's market is expected to be sportswomen, though its designers hope it can be widely used.
Women with big breasts have been known to snap a collarbone when making a sudden lunge, but back and arm pain are common among athletes, according to doctorate student Kelly-Ann Bowles. The goal was to develop something not just for elite athletes but to allow average, everyday women with large breasts to be able to exercise comfortably, she said. Professor Gordon Wallace, of the university's Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, said the goal was to make a bra containing a tiny microchip which would signal the fabric to expand and contract in response to breast movement. AAP
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