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The Bra That Will Soon Change The Lingerie Game

You can definitely justify this purchase.
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It’s no surprise that clothes are getting smarter by the minute. Wearable technology is constantly changing, from watches that do more than tell time to wristbands that calculate how many calories you’ve burnt.

When it comes to the humble bra, the most excitement it tends to recieve is when it is encrusted with crystals on a Victoria’s Secret runway. But, it’s the latest development by a group of scientists that has us thinking this is about to change.

Scientists from a university in Columbia have developed a cancer detecting bra. Yes, you’ve read it right.

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Reports suggest that the bra contains sensors, monitoring the breasts temperatures and notifying the wearer if these temperatures become irregular – as cancerous cells tend to have a higher temperature.  

“When you have cells in your mammary glands that are anomalous, the body needs to send more blood to that specific part of the body, and the temperature of this organ increases,”

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While this bra doesn’t mean you should stop getting regular tests anytime soon, it’s aim to detect cancer in it’s early stages is putting a whole new meaning to the term ‘wearable technology.’

The bra is still in it’s testing stages, but the creators insist that it will be in an affordable price range. When the time comes, we have a feeling it won’t take much to justify this purchase. 

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