Compass Coat

As you turn your body light travels through embedded wires that vine around the jacket, illuminating which direction is north. If it were dark, you could tell which way you were traveling by watching the glow from the corners of your eyes.

The coat contains 24 sections that can light up individually, using EL [electroluminescent] wires. The section that points north lights up while its surrounding sections glow dim. […]

The coat can possibly contain a small interface that allows the wearer to choose a favored direction. […] With the help of a GPS navigation system the coat could even point the wearer into the right direction according to a digital map […]

Stijn Ossevoort, Wearable Dreams

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