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Jeff was streaming live for me this morning, and I happened to notice a very cool T-shirt he was wearing. It’s definitely the geekiest T-shirt on the planet. I had to get him on a video to show it off.

This T-shirt is just the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Unfortunately, I don’t think Ponzi will let me wear one out in public. But a guy can dream, right?

The Wi-Fi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek is a hot new commodity. In their own words:

Here at ThinkGeek we’re pretty lazy when it comes to technology. We expect our gadgets to do all the busywork while we focus on the high level important tasks like reading blogs. That’s why we hate to have to crack open our laptops just to see if there is any wi-fi internet access about… and keychain wi-fi detectors, we would have to actually remove them from our pockets to look at them. But now thanks to the ingenious ThinkGeek robot monkeys you can display the current wi-fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you with this stylish Wi-Fi Detector Shirt. The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding wi-fi signal strength fluctuates. Finally you can get the attention you deserve as others bow to you as their reverential wi-fi god, while geeky chicks swoon at your presence. You can thank us later.

According to Jeff, Mandy’s mom saw the T-shirt on the television news. She showed it to Mandy, who then ordered one for herself and one for Jeff. Jeff put his on as soon as it arrived in the mail to show it off. If you see in the video, he has five bars lit up on either side of the shirt. That means he is near a very strong wireless signal. He said when he went to his kitchen for a snack, the number of bars on the shirt decreased.

The shirt takes three AAA batteries, and velcro’s to the shirt. You simply take it off in order to wash the shirt. While it’s not the most comfortable thing you’ll ever wear, it’s quite possibly the coolest.

I wonder what other geeky things I could velcro to a T-shirt?

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Windows Vista Torrent

October 17th, 2007
at 9:07pm

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FallenMajorDeath

October 17th, 2007
at 6:23am

Again, first view. First Comment. Woo me!

This is awesome man. I so want one!! Where can I buy it??!!

masterraptor911

October 17th, 2007
at 6:26am

I was chatting and had to leave right before this. I was foxtrot_MGS, the guy who said “Chris looks board”. PS. I must have that shirt, although I’m less of a geek and more of a gamer. I do need wifi for my almighty PSP though.

nickdford

October 17th, 2007
at 7:55am

you could always have an OLED display on your t-shirt, they can be wafer thin :P

andy741741

October 17th, 2007
at 8:21am

You can get t-shirts that connect to a media player and has a lcd screen that shows the volume wave bar.

andy741741

October 17th, 2007
at 8:21am

You can get t-shirts that connect to a media player and has a lcd screen that shows the volume wave bar.

pcperini

October 17th, 2007
at 12:01pm

RSS feed. it would need wifi and a batteries, but it could work!

FallenMajorDeath

October 17th, 2007
at 1:23pm

Again, first view. First Comment. Woo me!

This is awesome man. I so want one!! Where can I buy it??!!

masterraptor911

October 17th, 2007
at 1:26pm

I was chatting and had to leave right before this. I was foxtrot_MGS, the guy who said “Chris looks board”. PS. I must have that shirt, although I’m less of a geek and more of a gamer. I do need wifi for my almighty PSP though.

nickdford

October 17th, 2007
at 2:55pm

you could always have an OLED display on your t-shirt, they can be wafer thin :P

andy741741

October 17th, 2007
at 3:21pm

You can get t-shirts that connect to a media player and has a lcd screen that shows the volume wave bar.

pcperini

October 17th, 2007
at 7:01pm

RSS feed. it would need wifi and a batteries, but it could work!

Bryan Price

October 17th, 2007
at 4:41pm

Mine arrived this evening. I had to run to the grocery store for the AAAs however. Very cool. I’ll be wearing mine to the /. 10th party this Saturday at my location.

Scott Mead

October 17th, 2007
at 5:38pm

Just velcrow your Iphone on your shirt and enable wifi on the iphone and watch for a signal LOL

firedragon

October 18th, 2007
at 5:05pm

Can’t wait to see someone end up on Fox News for wearing the shirt at the airport…. LOL

DrZarkloff

October 19th, 2007
at 3:47am

Kind of reminds me of how I’m making air conditioning tutorials in the nude.

cyberdoyle

October 19th, 2007
at 1:51am

I have two velcro strips sewn on to my tshirts and I use velcro letters to spell out whatever activity is on that day, ‘happy birthday dad’ or stuff like that. Not as funky as a wifi one but good fun

Juicetin19

October 20th, 2007
at 2:41pm

i’d consider a gamer a type of geek.

Juicetin19

October 20th, 2007
at 9:41pm

i’d consider a gamer a type of geek.

Bryan Price

October 20th, 2007
at 6:54pm

I should mention a caveat, especially for those of us “fat” geeks. I decided to go large for the XXL shirt. The packaging and the shirt say XXL. It fits more like a L. So go big when you order it.

optidisk

October 22nd, 2007
at 11:03pm

Hi Chris,
I read this post last Thursday and went to the site and purchased a wifi T Shirt. I was amazed when it arrived today, I’m in Australia. Its definately the coolest geekiest T Shirt ever made. I love it.

Cheers
Craig

Tengig

October 30th, 2007
at 2:03am

haha I got that t-shirt. perfect simple hallowe’en costume.

Tengig

October 30th, 2007
at 9:03am

haha I got that t-shirt. perfect simple hallowe’en costume.

MacNerd1239

November 18th, 2007
at 3:30am

Jeff rules. LOL, good video Chris.

MacNerd1239

November 18th, 2007
at 3:30am

Jeff rules. LOL, good video Chris.

Marius B

November 24th, 2007
at 10:20am

Now that I saw it, I imagine it would be kind of awkward to nod your head just to “check the signal”… :-?

akafurious

December 17th, 2007
at 7:23am

thinkgeek is awsome i wanna work there oneday it is owned by sourceforge

akafurious

December 17th, 2007
at 7:23am

thinkgeek is awsome i wanna work there oneday it is owned by sourceforge

MAPSU

January 26th, 2008
at 5:48pm

that guy’s voice is almost as monotonous as ben stein’s. and the t-shirt is pretty lame.

MAPSU

January 26th, 2008
at 5:48pm

that guy’s voice is almost as monotonous as ben stein’s. and the t-shirt is pretty lame.

jo5erock

April 28th, 2008
at 6:23am

PIRILLO_________ Can you tell me if there’s anything that actually Reaches a hot spot??? I mean if I’m a mile or half a mile from a hot spot I can reach it????????????? I don’t need a stupid t-shirt We actually need something that can reach signal over a reasonable distance.

jo5erock

April 28th, 2008
at 6:23am

PIRILLO_________ Can you tell me if there’s anything that actually Reaches a hot spot??? I mean if I’m a mile or half a mile from a hot spot I can reach it????????????? I don’t need a stupid t-shirt We actually need something that can reach signal over a reasonable distance.

kiwifina

May 14th, 2008
at 7:20am

omg… id shoot myself if i were those guys

kiwifina

May 14th, 2008
at 7:20am

omg… id shoot myself if i were those guys

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