Two computer engineers from Bangladesh have developed a microcomputer-embedded jacket. The idea is to better connect all devices and outsource the computing power and storage to cloud jacket, meaning individual devices can be dumber and therefore less expensive. The cloud and the dump terminal devices can communicate with each other over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi network connectivity.

Users can create a hyper-cloud, a much more powerful engine by connecting seven to ten people together wearing such a cloud jacket. The jacket can also act as a micro or picocell tower. All of its capabilities can be shared on a private network with other devices via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

The wearable cloud can act as an application platform, so instead of modifying or having to upgrade the hardware, this wearable model provides a platform, and developers can build anything on top of it. This wearable cloud concept differs from existing smart clothing solutions in that they only act as input devices.

Current products such as the Levi’s smart jacket allow a user to make hand gestures on the jacket to answer a phone call or shuffle through a playlist. Cloud computing is a system where the hardware and software are accessible over the internet seamlessly from a remote location.