Austrian architecture company Coop Himmelb(L)au has created the CHBL Jammer Coat as a tool people can use to protect themselves from data collection.
The coat includes pockets that are built in to carry different handheld devices, according to Discovery News.
The technology is designed to keep smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices safe from electronic spying. The coat features "metallized fabrics" that block all signals, including Wi-Fi, radio waves and cellular transmissions.
"It is not about hiding, but an individual decision about one's visibility in an environment where the controlling mechanisms are increasing," said Wolf D. Prix, CEO of Coop Himmelb(L)au.
Blocking signals allows the Jammer Coat to keep important information from items like credit cards safe, The Daily Mail reported.
Black spots are patterned all over the coat. These spots are designed to hide the actual body shape of the wearer.
"The CHBL Jammer Coat is a piece of clothing that enables its user to disappear: Google cannot find you anymore," said a spokesperson for Coop Himmelb(L)au. "The piece is made of metallized fabrics, which are blocking radio waves and shielding the wearer against tracking devices.
"You are no longer reachable on your mobile phone and no information from your credit card can be captured."
The company also said the fabric of the white coat has what's called a Wave Circle Pattern that "gives an illusion of strange multiple body parts, which hides and frees the individual's physicality," The Daily Mail reported.
The Jammer Coat will be featured at the Abiti da lavoro exhibition, which will be held at the Triennale in Milan, Italy. The exhibition will take place at the end of this month.
