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" Just as with golf, tennis fashion has long been defined by tradition and elegance. Wimbledon&amp;#039;s strict all-white dress code is as integral to the sport&amp;#039;s history as sweat bands and that fuzz on the ball. Though it doesn&amp;#039;t take place at the esteemed All England Club, the U.S. Open is steeped in plenty of tradition itself, but this year the tournament is looking to the future. The ball boys darting around the hard court scooping up errant serves will be outfitted with Ralph Lauren smart shirts that will monitor heart rate, breathing patterns, and stress levels. If the heat on the court becomes too much for a ball boy, officials keeping tabs on their vitals will know about it before things can get serious. But how is this possible, you ask? Designed in collaboration with biometric smartwear company OM, the form-fitting nylon t-shirts will feature conductive silver-coated thread woven into the base fiber. Pretty simple. The shirts will make their debut when the U.S. Open kicks off in New York&amp;#039;s Arthur Ashe stadium tonight and, according to Ralph Lauren, they will be the first items of wearable tech to carry the logo of a mainstream fashion label. &amp;quot;Everyone is exploring wearable tech watches and headbands and looking at cool sneakers,&amp;quot; David Lauren, the company&amp;#039;s executive VP of advertising, told the New York Times. &amp;quot;We skipped to what we thought was new, which is apparel. We live in our clothes.&amp;quot; But for Ralph Lauren, it doesn&amp;#039;t end with ball boy shirts. In 2015 the brand plans on unveiling yet-to-be-priced &amp;quot;tech-enhanced&amp;quot; dress shirts at company stores to go along with additional varieties of smart athletic shirts. The future is here. Soon we&amp;#039;re going to be sweating in it.  [H/T: Gizmodo] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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