Nokia Tattoo Will Alert You To An Incoming Call, Message

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jimmy olsen

March 23, 2012, 02:54:00 AM
Ghost in the Shell, here we come!  :cool:

http://www.thestreet.com/blog/nokia-tattoo-will-alert-you-incoming-call-message
QuoteNokia Tattoo Will Alert You To An Incoming Call, Message
Patent Application Filed For Vibrating Notification Device
By Gary Krakow

Nokia has applied for a U.S. patent for a skin notification system that you have an incoming cellular phone call or message waiting.

In principle, the vibrating device will be designed with a special ink which is embedded with metallic particles. Once applied, the ink will be magnetized. When paired to your smartphone/tablet/etc. device (possibly via a super-miniature Bluetooth microchip) you will be alerted to the incoming message.

Not a great deal of detail is revealed in the patent application. But we're guessing that the tattoo would be able to vibrate/signal you, in different ways, for a voice call versus an instant message or email.

There is also not much discussion on how the special would be applied – whether something like a membrane on top of - or, maybe via a real tattoo placed into your skin.

Nokia has also applied for a second type of vibrating tattoo – but this one is only an on-skin patch – which could be easily removed whenever you wish.

The possibilities are mind numbing.

Who knows? The next step could be an implant to eliminate your smartphone hardware all together.
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Zanza

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March 23, 2012, 03:03:47 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 23, 2012, 02:54:00 AMWho knows? The next step could be an implant to eliminate your smartphone hardware all together.
Somehow implanting technology that is outdated after two years and that I don't need to live like a cardiac pacemaker doesn't strike me as a particularly sensible idea.

Syt

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March 23, 2012, 03:08:11 AM
Not to mention that moving from tingling/vibrating skin applications to iPhones that live inside you is hardly "the next step".
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Martinus

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March 23, 2012, 03:55:07 AM
Yeah awesome idea.  :rolleyes:

Darth Wagtaros

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March 23, 2012, 06:32:58 AM
What kind of cretin would do such a thing?
PDH!

Ed Anger

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March 23, 2012, 07:13:32 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on March 23, 2012, 06:32:58 AM
What kind of cretin would do such a thing?

Young people.
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Neil

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March 23, 2012, 07:59:17 AM
Quote from: Martinus on March 23, 2012, 03:55:07 AM
Yeah awesome idea.  :rolleyes:
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Crazy_Ivan80

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March 23, 2012, 09:45:26 AM
lol, Hamilton will be pleased.
OCtattoos here we come.

11B4V

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March 23, 2012, 09:52:37 AM
Useless to me. I dont own a cellphone.
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March 23, 2012, 10:31:47 AM
Hopefully they can be used as bank cards, and then the Christian lunatics will start screaming about the anti-Christ and hopefully kill themselves.
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March 23, 2012, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 23, 2012, 07:13:32 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on March 23, 2012, 06:32:58 AM
What kind of cretin would do such a thing?

Young people.
yes. that kind of cretin.
PDH!
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