Nude cell phones are so last year, at least in Japan. Today’s strange underwear news deals with SMART PANTS™, aka cell phone underwear, which is apparently taking Japan by storm. I know that the Japanese love testing out new fashion trends, but I'm not sure I could have ever seen this coming. A recent article on a Japanese subculture website explained the phenomenon, which began when Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai Co. brought the undies to market in March of this year. SMART PANTS™ are the brainchild of a Bandai employee, 27-year-old Hisashi Moriuchi, who told the Japan Subculture Research Center, "I was asked by my boss to come out with something amusing to sell in capsule vending machines. So I thought it would be funny to dress up my iPhone with underwear." Since March, Bandai has released a number of collections–most recently, a collection that includes iPad-sized SMART PANTS™. Hisashi explained the strange new place for panties like this, &
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