Is corporeal connectivity a good idea?
Posted 03.20.2012 at 12:19 pm
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Sometimes, when I’m occupied or just don’t feel like answering it, I ignore my phone. Sorry, but I don’t always have time for a telemarketer or whatever. Now Nokia wants to make this physically impossible by patenting an electronic tattoo that would vibrate, on your body, whenever someone calls. It would work like a body-based caller ID system, vibrating in a specific pattern according to the caller or the type of message. Talk about a rude interruption.
Nokia’s patent application describes a system that could work in two ways. The first concept uses a detachable electronic material that could peel off your skin, much like these, that you could pair with a phone. The peelable circuitry could detect a magnetic field and cause a vibration, probably through piezoelectrics. When someone calls your phone, the phone sends a signal to the haptic material, which would vibrate in a certain pattern.
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Technology, Rebecca Boyle, calling, cell phones, haptic feedback, haptics, nokia, patents, u s patent office, vibrationsThe second concept would use a ferromagnetic ink to permanently imprint this material into your skin. You could get whatever image you’d want, just like a regular tattoo, and after it’s applied it would be magnetized so it, too, could recognize a magnetic field from your phone. Unwired View breaks down Nokia’s patent application in greater detail.
To be sure, practical uses abound for electronic tattoos, like keeping tabs on your health and fitness. But using them as an attention-grabbing, physical interruption is something else entirely. You can always leave your phone behind — but what about when your phone is literally on your behind? There are plenty of moments in life when it's appropriate to ignore a ringing phone, but it's not easy to ignore your own pulsating skin. Yes, there is such a thing as being too connected.
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I think tattoos are stupid but this is awesome tech. Maybe there is a flesh colored ink.
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"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours"
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Tattoo my balls please!
"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon."
I am not a fan of tattoos or piercing, but I respect those people who wish to reflect to the world their individuality!
This kind of tattoo or temporary tattoo seems like the kind of stuff you see on a 'James Bond' movie; kind of neat!
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And VIOLA! The instant reaction time and treacherous accuracy of the soldier of the future is born.
At first, I thought that the 'sniper awareness systems' that they have now were the start; but the big problem with them is that if that first shot did it's job, then the response and awareness of point of origin is meaningless. THIS is interlink awareness. Responding to the sniper before the sniper even knows he's under more time pressure than he thought...
And here Nokia thought they were making the next phone toy...
This is really neat! Although getting a tattoo could be painful!): But a very good invention!
Imagine having this tattoo in um, private areas.... A person might become addicted to being called, lol. Ooo, call me! Oh oh baby! ROFL
Second, if two people with the similar technology tattoo are next to each other, will both of them feel the incoming phone call? Perhaps several people might feel the same incoming phone call from one phone. Now that would be really disrupted and completely opposite from the wish to disturb others.
Seems to me this is one of those "we came up with a really neat but utterly useless idea" patents. Why not just set your phone on vibrate or get a bluetooth headset? This "tattoo" would only work within the same range of the phone that vibrate does, anyway, considering that it's powered by the phone. At least, it would almost have to be, unless you want to have to wear a battery or pay for the cost of a system that can harness energy from your body while still remaining small enough to be unnoticeable.
Imagine having your arms sweetly wrapped around your loved one and they get an incoming call! The surprise on your face as you embrace them and their skin is all vibrating! How odd and funny!
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very interesting. but before you decide to get one of these, think about this...if you can be tracked with your cell phone, you can be tracked like a tagged animal the rest of your life.
An artistic Polynesian-Tat... but it lacks being done authentically in the pacific, like a tatau. Plus it rips on patterns and styles from both Mori and Samoan traditions making it null and void of cultural meanings. Cultures that didn't have a written language, but told stories though tattoo patterns passed down through the ages...
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