This geeky DIY brassiere pops off when in the vicinity of clapping. May we recommend leaving it at home when attending concerts and other applause-intensive events? July 10, 2013 5:17 PM PDT Peek-a-boo! The bow hides the electromagnet in the front of the bra. (Credit: Randy Sarafan/Instructables) The old "Clap on, clap off" jingle from the '80s has a new product to attach itself to, and that product sits right on your chest, ladies. While you can't snag a Clap-Off Bra at Macy's, Instructables has a step-by-step tutorial that only requires two prototype circuit boards, an Arduino, a 28-pin socket, two 22pF capacitors, a 10uF capacitor, a 1K resistor, a 10K resistor, a 100K resistor, a 7805 voltage regulator, and a lengthy list of other items you're sure to have in your soldering kit. Basically, the battery-operated bra uses an electromagnet that controls a switch to make the bra pop off when someone claps nearby (video mildy NSFW). Creator Randy Sarafan, a hacker and new-media artist, says the bra was inspired by the creative electronic lingerie (like remote-controlled and glow-in-the-dark unmentionables) one finds in Syrian bazaars. "In the West, we often think of Arab cultures as sexually repressed societies, when -- in fact -- it turns out that they are clearly leaps and bounds ahead of us in advancements in lingerie technology," he writes on Instructables. "Those of us in Western cultures have a thing or two to learn from the Syrians about gaudy electronic lingerie." Sarafan's Instructables directions aren't brand new, but they're enjoying a uplift, as it were, and when we saw them, we had to put our hands together. Please take note, Randy: Geeky gals the world over would totally throw their support behind a Clap-Off Star Wars Theremin Bra. Yes, you'll have to sew a USB cable along the underside of the bra, but who said lingerie would be easy? (Credit: Randy Sarafan/Instructables) (Via Huffington Post)

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This geeky DIY brassiere pops off when in the vicinity of clapping. May we recommend leaving it at home when attending concerts and other applause-intensive events?

July 10, 2013 5:17 PM PDT

Peek-a-boo! The bow hides the electromagnet in the front of the bra.

(Credit: Randy Sarafan/Instructables)

The old "Clap on, clap off" jingle from the '80s has a new product to attach itself to, and that product sits right on your chest, ladies.

While you can't snag a Clap-Off Bra at Macy's, Instructables has a step-by-step tutorial that only requires two prototype circuit boards, an Arduino, a 28-pin socket, two 22pF capacitors, a 10uF capacitor, a 1K resistor, a 10K resistor, a 100K resistor, a 7805 voltage regulator, and a lengthy list of other items you're sure to have in your soldering kit.

Basically, the battery-operated bra uses an electromagnet that controls a switch to make the bra pop off when someone claps nearby (video mildy NSFW). Creator Randy Sarafan, a hacker and new-media artist, says the bra was inspired by the creative electronic lingerie (like remote-controlled and glow-in-the-dark unmentionables) one finds in Syrian bazaars.

"In the West, we often think of Arab cultures as sexually repressed societies, when -- in fact -- it turns out that they are clearly leaps and bounds ahead of us in advancements in lingerie technology," he writes on Instructables. "Those of us in Western cultures have a thing or two to learn from the Syrians about gaudy electronic lingerie."

Sarafan's Instructables directions aren't brand new, but they're enjoying a uplift, as it were, and when we saw them, we had to put our hands together. Please take note, Randy: Geeky gals the world over would totally throw their support behind a Clap-Off Star Wars Theremin Bra.