A joint project between design teams at MIT 's Tangible Media Group and the Fluid Design Group have turned the social network into a garment . As with all social interaction , the experience is graded . The group of MIT students behind the project wanted to look at ways of seeing how social networks worked outside the confines of the computer screen . The T - shirt 's pattern is printed in thermo - chromatic ink with a thin circuit membrane under the weave and uses Bluetooth to pair with your phone . Groups that need to find each other in a crowd -- from industry conferences to people who are part of a niche interest -- are likely to want to use the clothing .
A joint project between design teams at MIT 's Tangible Media Group and the Fluid Design Group have turned the social network into a garment . The group of MIT students behind the project wanted to look at ways of seeing how social networks worked outside the confines of the computer screen . The T - shirt 's pattern is printed in thermo - chromatic ink with a thin circuit membrane under the weave and uses Bluetooth to pair with your phone . Groups that need to find each other in a crowd -- from industry conferences to people who are part of a niche interest -- are likely to want to use the clothing .