(jckonline.com) - Some wearers compared the jewelry to a pet or an animal. When one experienced a piece of jewelry walking on her neck, she said it felt like being licked by a dog. And many, not surprisingly, found the whole thing “creepy.” These comments were garnered from the 17 test subjects for the “living jewelry” prototypes developed by MIT Media Labs. The organization’s Kino Project seems set on developing jewelry that’s more than smart, it’s active. By inserting miniature (2.6 by 4 cm.) magnetized robots into jewelry, the pieces can creep across the user’s body, looking like insects covered in wallpaper. The pieces can also change shape, so in the morning one can be a brooch and by evening, a necklace.
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