The world might be getting warmer but UNIQLO reckons that everyone needs proper thermal protection for the winter and so they have devloped Heat Tech, a fabric which is supposed to absorb the moisture generated by the body and convert it into heat. In a global initiative to warm up the world, UNIQLO's giant thermal vending machine will be coming to the London flagship store, along with thermograph imaging monitors and cameras that visualise shoppers' thermal glow and identify cold spots. A thermal image will then be emailed out to customers with a voucher to redeem against the Heat Tech range of thermals. A Heat Tech team in silver jumpsuits will also be outside the store doing thermal scans on passers-by and anyone deemed to be suffering from a bit of a chill will receive 4,000 Heat Tech gift packs. The machine landed in New York yesterday to popular demand where temperatures have already dropped below minus celcius and in Japan, one in three people own a Heat Tech garment, making it a winter staple.


4,000 Heat Tech gift packs will be handed out tomorrow outside the Uniqlo Oxford Street Flagship store.