“Excuse me, miss? Are your underpants ringing?”

In a few years, this statement will be potentially, well, not so weird. Researchers at Netherlands-based Phillips Electronics are working on local alarm systems that can be placed in underpants to alert heart patients of health danger.

“These sensors pick up electric signals in the body. They don’t have to touch the skin and can be sewn into clothes, which can be put in the laundry,” a spokesman for Phillips Research said in an article on CNN.com.

The company claims the technology, a thin module that can store three months of data on body signals, should help prevents diseases and improve a person’s heart health.

“Personally, I would never wear them, when you’re meant to go, you’re meant to go,” said Chris Kulick, a senior finance major.

Nathan Kocon, a junior finance major, thinks technology like that might be “too advanced” for the older heart patients.

Another facet to the sensor panties is they can be wirelessly linked to a mobile phone. The wireless phone would be able to dial an ambulance during emergencies for the patients.

Jason Ganong, a junior finance major, thinks it’s a good idea for heart patients, suggested the company look into a vibrating model, like a cell phone.

Currently, sensors that are available now for underpants are used mostly for younger children who wet the bed. There are six models available on bedwettingstore.com.

The company that is developing this technology was founded in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1914.

“Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from electrical engineering and physics to chemistry, mathematics, mechanics, information technology and software, work in close proximity, influencing and broadening each other’s views, thus reaping the benefits of synergy and cross-fertilization of ideas,” their Web site, philips.com stated.