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people know what a Facebook ‘Like’ is. It’s the little blue and white “ up” icon we when we like someone’s comment, photo or video. A group of U.S. fashion have made a vest (sleeveless jacket) that immediately you when someone likes your post. The vest is to the Internet and it when one of your posts is “Liked”. Designer Melissa Chow says the jacket inflating us “feel the warmth, encouragement, , or love that we feel when we hugs”.

The vest has been “Like-A-Hug”. It was by Ms Chow and her co-designers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. They wanted to something that people could wear and that was interactive and . Once a person a hug from the vest, they can quickly a hug back to the (if they are also the jacket). The team wanted to take technology a further than chat and video calls and looked at receiving hugs wireless technology.