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Old 03-21-2012, 05:55 PM
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Default Vibrating Tattoo Patented By Nokia Alerts Users When Phone Rings

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Would you get a tattoo that alerts you when your phone rings? Discuss…

Finnish mobile phone developer Nokia has filed for a patent on a magnetic, vibrating tattoo or badge that alerts users when their phones are ringing.

According to the official patent filing, the apparatus would be able to detect a magnetic field and transfer a "perceivable stimulus" to users. The device could notify people about an incoming call, text or dead battery.

The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of the patent application, which lists four inventors and a file date of Sept. 13, 2011.

The device could take different forms, including a visible tattoo, label or badge, that could be set to emit different vibration patterns -- much like customized ringtones -- to distinguish between different callers, according to the report.

Check out two possible designs (below).

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But for some, the prospect of getting inked in the name of technology is a bit too sci-fi for comfort.

Vlad Bobleanta, a writer for Unwired View, acknowledged Nokia's vibrating tattoo could be functional in certain situations, but said the device definitely "plung[es] into creepy territory."

And as Information Week's Eric Zeman observes: Just "think of all the places in which vibrating skin would be inappropriate or distracting in an impolite or even dangerous way."

No word yet on the potential health risks of the proposed device.
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Old 03-22-2012, 12:10 PM
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Default Re: Vibrating Tattoo Patented By Nokia Alerts Users When Phone Rings

no thanks, "big brother" will find a way to use it as a tracking device

then again, I can try to make it big by selling custom Tin Foil hats to block the radar signal =D
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