Wireless stick-on sensors as body adornment, dresses that allow physiology and environments to interact usings patterns and colors, electronic tatoos that visualize emotional shifts -- perhaps coming soon to a store near you? Philips' design probes are meant to shake up their innovation process and generate insights into whether some "far future" trends might become mainstream. 
Recently, quite a few major companies have opened their nacent R&D ideas up to the public for feedback. Starbucks, ever so good at getting press (even for barista trainings), launched My Starbucks Idea. Philips' feedback mechanism is less buzz provoking (not a digg-like social network) but its survey does ask the public to rate the appeal and relevance of its design research.
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