Yoga poses can be tricky to get right. Which way do the hips rotate? How far do you lunge?
Typically, yoga teachers come around and gently make adjustments to your pose with a bit of pressure on the offending body part, but Australian tech clothing company WearableX has created smart yoga pants that give you the feedback you need to make any adjustments yourself.
The Nadi X tights ($267) have five motion sensors woven into the hips, knees, and ankles. The sensors work out the angle of the body and gently vibrate at one the five specific points when your pose is a bit lopsided.
The vibrations feel like fingers gently tapping on your skin, telling you which way to move. If the series of taps move from left to right, then that's the direction you move that part of your body. For example, if your hip is rotated too far inwards when you lunge in the warrior pose, a vibration will move across the hip in an outwards direction, telling you by feel where to move your hip.
One of the co-creators is a fashion designer, so even though the tights have sensors, she's made sure they look not only like regular yoga pants but stylish as well, which is crucial for any wearable technology; you don't want to go down the path of those ugly looking Google glasses.
The sensors and vibrations in the pants are powered by a battery ($132), a once-only purchase that is clipped in using press-studs behind and above the left knee. It is light, unobtrusive and designed not to interfere.
Moving beyond fitbits and smart watches, these yoga pants are a great example of the lunge forward into the world of smart clothes.
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