Nokia eyes tattoos that talk to your phone

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Jack

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CNN said:
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The sketches in Nokia's patent application show how its proposed "haptic feedback" system could be attached to the user's skin.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nobody likes a loud ringtone, and if you don't have your phone close by, you might not feel it vibrate. Finnish-based Nokia has a potential solution, with just one catch: You need to get a tattoo.

In a recent filing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Nokia (NOK) described a concept for using magnetic ink embedded in the skin to interact with a specific electromagnetic field put off by mobile phones. The interaction would generate a perceivable stimulus when the ink registers "an alert of an incoming message, a phone call, an alarm."

In other words, your tattoo will vibrate with your phone.
Karen Lachtanski, a spokeswoman for Nokia, said she couldn't speak to when the technology might be commercially developed.

Read more : http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/22/technology/nokia-tele-tattoos/?source=cnn_bin
 

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While the technology is impressive , you have to wonder if this isn't too much...... I mean it's one thing too not like a loud ring tone or not hearing your phone but I don't think that making a tattoo that vibrates is the solution here..
I would still prefer, going into the settings and change the volume or missing a call than actually getting a tattoo.... :D
 

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In my opinion, I don't like tattoos at any cases since its likely not good in the form of appearance even its an art. Even that patent is useful perhaps the ordinary way is better.
 

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Same here. Tattoos are not something I would like to have for ever.
 
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