Whoops ! These connected jeans alert you when your fly is open

• This invention is at the prototype stage
• These jeans send you a push notification when you forget to zip your fly
• Questions arise regarding the washing possibilities of such a product

If connected watches, activity trackers and other connected glasses (like those from Rayban) have found their audience, connected clothing is struggling to find a place on the tech scene. Who remembers the Jacquard application developed by Google?

It is therefore a rather original project that has been talked about for a short time: connected jeans. Haunting for some, details for others, who has never forgotten to close the fly of his pants?

Notification when the fly of the jeans is open

Revealed on Twitter by its inventor, this connected jeans sends a notification to the person wearing it when his fly remains open for a few seconds. The system works thanks to magnetic sensors stuck on the inside of the pants and on the zip of the zipper. Guy Dupont illustrates his invention in a video posted on Twitter, where we see the reception of this famous notification on his smartphone.

If you know me, you know one of my favorite things to do is speedrun product ideas from my friends. One requested “Pants that detect when your fly is down for too long and send you a notification”. Currently seeking investors. pic.twitter.com/Mz3IDnCLaG

— Guy Dupont (@gvy_dvpont) May 23, 2023

Questions about washing

Guy Dupont explains on his Twitter account how he made this prototype. Composed of sensors, a small 400mAh LiPo battery and a circuit of cables inside the jeans, the notification is sent via WiFi through a POST request to a service called Pushover.

The latter allowsnatively send a notification to a device Android or iOS. Given the characteristics of this application, one could imagine an even more discreet use since Pushover is also available on Android and Apple smartwatches.

Although the integration of such functionality on factory-made pants could be innovative, apart from the aspect of the debate on its real usefulness in everyday life, many points could be blocking.

One thinks in particular of the step of washing the garment. At the current stage, the prototype uses cables, glue and electronic components. This therefore seems incompatible with machine wash.

Beyond these technical limits, the question of the price of such a product is necessarily at the heart of concerns. Especially since its usefulness remains quite relative. Who would pay tens of extra dollars per pair of jeans when a little caution can solve the problem? A few curious people perhaps, but certainly not the majority of consumers.