{"id":36267,"date":"2011-06-19T15:46:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/%e2%80%9cmommy-tummy%e2%80%9d-suit-gives-men-a-chance-to-feel-pregnant-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2011-06-19T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:46:15","slug":"%e2%80%9cmommy-tummy%e2%80%9d-suit-gives-men-a-chance-to-feel-pregnant-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/%e2%80%9cmommy-tummy%e2%80%9d-suit-gives-men-a-chance-to-feel-pregnant-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMommy Tummy\u201d Suit Gives Men a Chance to Feel Pregnant | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

For every expectant father who’s ever wished they, too, could feel a fetus kicking their bladder, science now has an answer. Researchers in Japan have put together a suit packed with balloons, sensors, and warm water so you can feel what it’s like to be pregnant.<\/p>

The suit, called Mommy Tummy<\/a>, mimics kicking with a system of 45 balloons that inflate and deflate, and movement sensors and accelerometers pick up on the wearer’s activities, so the “fetus,” represented by a four-liter bag of warm water, can respond to exercise or sudden movements with redoubled kicking. Vibrating actuators produce the illusion of wiggling, as New Scientist<\/em> describes<\/a>:<\/p>

When two vibrating sources placed a distance apart move at the same time, it triggers a sensation in between the two points. So by varying vibrating pairs over time, the simulated fetus seems to squirm.<\/p><\/blockquote>

And, in a cool but somewhat unrealistic move, the scientists have hooked the suit up to a screen, so you can watch a simulation of the fetus’ response while you stroke your stomach or walk around. For the thrill-seekers out there, a 9-month pregnancy can be recapitulated in two minutes, or it can be spread out over a longer period for a ...<\/p>

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