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floonine · 11-06-2003, 07:18 AM

I found a link to this sweet cell phone from Japan that uses the bones in your hand as the ear piece. Interesting stuff.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page...E13762,00.html

New phone uses finger as earpiece
November 6, 2003

A JAPANESE company has invented the world's first wristwatch phone which works by transforming the user's finger into an earpiece, New Scientist says in it's next issue, due out on Saturday.

The prototype gadget, Finger Whisper, consists of a wristband that converts digital signals into vibrations that are transmitted into the bones of the hand.

The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound signals for the brain.

To respond, the user simply speaks into a microphone on the wristband.

By touching forefinger to thumb, the user starts or ends a call, and the device uses voice recognition technology to dial the number. There is no keypad.

Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo is developing the idea, which is the brainchild of a research engineer, Masaaki Fukumoto.

Agence France-Presse

Cynthetiq · 11-06-2003, 07:52 AM

well at least when you see people doing the phone hand motion... maybe they really are on the telephone

SabrinaFair · 11-06-2003, 08:06 AM

What's next, telepathy phones?

wannabenakid247 · 11-06-2003, 09:42 AM

That is seriously wierd at least you wouldnt loose it though.

irseg · 11-06-2003, 10:08 AM

I think a conventional cellphone is far more comfortable to use than wearing a wrist strap and jamming my finger into my ear.

spived2 · 11-06-2003, 10:26 AM

Yeah that sounds like a pretty good concept, but there is really not much need for something like that. Headsets are much more effecient and you still have both hands free.

Orodinn · 11-06-2003, 12:07 PM

I think that is seriously cool. Not so much for practical purposes, but the concept. I imagine this technology could open up many possibilities.

Eldaire · 11-06-2003, 12:29 PM

SOOO COOOL!
*passes out*

Shpoop · 11-06-2003, 02:09 PM

i also saw one where it was a chip injected into a molar, so that you alone could hear them (through bone vibrations) and you could talk to them normally.

TheBrit · 11-06-2003, 02:13 PM

It will just look like there are way more schizos walking around the streets.

Nocturnal · 11-07-2003, 03:37 AM

Where does the fax come out when you receive one?

Nefir · 11-07-2003, 06:45 AM

And I thought those regular earpiece-wearing cellphone users were weird when they start talking to themselves all of a sudden. Would you shake hands with someone knowing that theirs spent much of the day in his/her ears? This elevates the national craziness level to... electric pink.

However, thats not to deny the serious coolness of this invention. I am sure its got alot of potential.

Devilchild · 11-07-2003, 06:48 AM

well if somebody bumps into you and you have your fingers in your ear, it is likely to burst your eardrum, i think this is a very bad idea.

iamjero · 11-07-2003, 10:05 AM

I wonder if they could somehow wire it up to my butthole and turn it into a loudspeaker.

cowudders14 · 11-07-2003, 10:54 AM

I wonder if they have researched into things like increased risk of arthritis or pain/detrimental health in some manner? I'm no medic but passing v high frequency waves down your finger bones for long periods every day can't do you much good, surely?

dnd · 11-07-2003, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by iamjero
I wonder if they could somehow wire it up to my butthole and turn it into a loudspeaker.

hahaha, scary thing is it probably is their next project...

shakran · 11-08-2003, 01:47 PM

ok. What if the call is for someone you're with. Do you jam your finger in THEIR ear?

Jay Francis · 11-08-2003, 02:30 PM

I can see the advantage of blocking out external noise by inserting ones finger in ones ear.

Jay Francis · 11-08-2003, 02:31 PM

Yeah, brilliant. You say "It's for you" as you stick your finger in their ear.

thejoker130 · 11-08-2003, 04:25 PM

Why not just have phone implanted into your brain?
That way you'ld just look like you were talking to yourself rather than picking wax out of your ear.

Baldrick · 11-08-2003, 04:39 PM

Dear Lord... Our generation is getting lazier and lazier... Now all of a sudden, holding a few gram phone is too heavy.

Stop the planet, I want off...

cowudders14 · 11-09-2003, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baldrick
Dear Lord... Our generation is getting lazier and lazier... Now all of a sudden, holding a few gram phone is too heavy.

Stop the planet, I want off...

That's probably the best summary I've seen so far. So true, in so many ways with so many items. People seem incapable of doing the simplest of things without moaning about how much hassle is is now. Sad... :-(

Nimbletoe · 11-09-2003, 03:51 PM

Leave it to the japanese to come up with yet another useless invention =)

Esoteric · 11-09-2003, 06:05 PM

That's a pretty neat concept, but as Jay Francis said, what if the caller wants to speak to your friend, lol.

RippedSock1 · 11-09-2003, 08:11 PM

Cool, but pointless... for now.

Quote:

Originally posted by Jay Francis
Yeah, brilliant. You say "It's for you" as you stick your finger in their ear.

hahahah

bundy · 11-09-2003, 08:31 PM

absolutely brilliant.
can´t wait to have it available.
along with jet-packs this is something i want to see in the next few years.

asudevil83 · 11-09-2003, 10:03 PM

the first thing that i thought of when i read that was "go go gadget phone"

ARTelevision · 11-10-2003, 05:49 AM

I like stuff like this.
The best technology is as invisible and transparent as possible.

Redlemon · 11-10-2003, 06:50 AM

Positive: that is pretty cool technology.

Negative: how can you tell the difference bettween someone on the phone and someone who is mentally unbalanced?

Hrothgar · 11-10-2003, 09:42 PM

It would really suck if you had earwax buildup.

aa1037 · 11-11-2003, 12:02 AM

wow coolest thing i've seen all day

jujueye · 11-12-2003, 09:24 AM

Here is a picture of it

The text reads:
Who is itself in the public the finger into the ear, in the future perhaps not directly as impolite will apply: A Japanese engineer developed a "Handy", with which the finger is used for the language transmission. (site text in German)

Um....excuse me...but that thing is FRICKIN HUGE! What a laugh.

Linked at http://de.news.yahoo.com/031105/286/3qi21.html

Grondar · 11-12-2003, 09:33 AM

Wow, that's impressive.

I don't use cell phones myself, but the whole idea and way it works it pretty amazing.

mingusfingers · 11-12-2003, 10:00 AM

Looks kinda dorky..I'll stick with what we have.

11-06-2003, 07:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	Finger Cell Phone I found a link to this sweet cell phone from Japan that uses the bones in your hand as the ear piece. Interesting stuff. http://news.com.au/common/story_page...E13762,00.html New phone uses finger as earpiece November 6, 2003 A JAPANESE company has invented the world's first wristwatch phone which works by transforming the user's finger into an earpiece, New Scientist says in it's next issue, due out on Saturday. The prototype gadget, Finger Whisper, consists of a wristband that converts digital signals into vibrations that are transmitted into the bones of the hand. The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound signals for the brain. To respond, the user simply speaks into a microphone on the wristband. By touching forefinger to thumb, the user starts or ends a call, and the device uses voice recognition technology to dial the number. There is no keypad. Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo is developing the idea, which is the brainchild of a research engineer, Masaaki Fukumoto. Agence France-Presse __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.

11-06-2003, 07:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	well at least when you see people doing the phone hand motion... maybe they really are on the telephone __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

11-06-2003, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
SabrinaFair Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	What's next, telepathy phones? __________________ "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." -Desiderata

11-06-2003, 10:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	Yeah that sounds like a pretty good concept, but there is really not much need for something like that. Headsets are much more effecient and you still have both hands free. __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

11-07-2003, 06:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	And I thought those regular earpiece-wearing cellphone users were weird when they start talking to themselves all of a sudden. Would you shake hands with someone knowing that theirs spent much of the day in his/her ears? This elevates the national craziness level to... electric pink. However, thats not to deny the serious coolness of this invention. I am sure its got alot of potential. __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance

11-06-2003, 09:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
wannabenakid247 Registered User Location: Wales, UK	That is seriously wierd at least you wouldnt loose it though.

11-06-2003, 10:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
irseg Junkie Location: Florida	I think a conventional cellphone is far more comfortable to use than wearing a wrist strap and jamming my finger into my ear.

11-06-2003, 12:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
Orodinn Crazy	I think that is seriously cool. Not so much for practical purposes, but the concept. I imagine this technology could open up many possibilities.

11-06-2003, 12:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Eldaire Loser Location: Davidson College, NC	SOOO COOOL! passes out

11-06-2003, 02:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	i also saw one where it was a chip injected into a molar, so that you alone could hear them (through bone vibrations) and you could talk to them normally.

11-06-2003, 02:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
TheBrit Psycho	It will just look like there are way more schizos walking around the streets.

11-07-2003, 03:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
Nocturnal Tilted Location: Melbourne, Australia	Where does the fax come out when you receive one?

11-07-2003, 06:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
Devilchild Crazy	well if somebody bumps into you and you have your fingers in your ear, it is likely to burst your eardrum, i think this is a very bad idea.

11-07-2003, 10:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
iamjero Insane Location: New Orleans/Oakland/San Diego/Chicago	I wonder if they could somehow wire it up to my butthole and turn it into a loudspeaker. __________________ "Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?" - Joseph Stalin

11-07-2003, 10:54 AM	#15 (permalink)
cowudders14 Bringer of good Moos... Location: Midlands, UK	I wonder if they have researched into things like increased risk of arthritis or pain/detrimental health in some manner? I'm no medic but passing v high frequency waves down your finger bones for long periods every day can't do you much good, surely? __________________ Moo! I'm mooey!

11-09-2003, 06:05 PM	#24 (permalink)
Esoteric Tired Location: Florida	That's a pretty neat concept, but as Jay Francis said, what if the caller wants to speak to your friend, lol. __________________ From a head full of pressure rests the senses that I clutch Made a date with Divinity, but she wouldn't let me fuck I got touched by a hazy shaded, God help me change Caught a rush on the floor from the life in my veins

11-08-2003, 01:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	ok. What if the call is for someone you're with. Do you jam your finger in THEIR ear?

11-08-2003, 02:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
Jay Francis Psycho Location: Houston, Texas	I can see the advantage of blocking out external noise by inserting ones finger in ones ear.

11-08-2003, 02:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
Jay Francis Psycho Location: Houston, Texas	Yeah, brilliant. You say "It's for you" as you stick your finger in their ear.

11-08-2003, 04:25 PM	#20 (permalink)
thejoker130 Insane Location: slippery rock university AKA: The left ass cheek of the world	Why not just have phone implanted into your brain? That way you'ld just look like you were talking to yourself rather than picking wax out of your ear. __________________ WHAT MORE CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? ------------------------------------- I like you. When the world is mine your death will be quick and painless.

11-08-2003, 04:39 PM	#21 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Dear Lord... Our generation is getting lazier and lazier... Now all of a sudden, holding a few gram phone is too heavy. Stop the planet, I want off... __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

11-09-2003, 03:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
Nimbletoe Junkie Location: Michigan	Leave it to the japanese to come up with yet another useless invention =) __________________ Go Pistons!

11-09-2003, 08:31 PM	#26 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	absolutely brilliant. can´t wait to have it available. along with jet-packs this is something i want to see in the next few years. __________________ Ohayo!!!

11-09-2003, 10:03 PM	#27 (permalink)
asudevil83 Psycho Location: Scottsdale, AZ	the first thing that i thought of when i read that was "go go gadget phone"

11-10-2003, 05:49 AM	#28 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	I like stuff like this. The best technology is as invisible and transparent as possible. __________________ create evolution

11-10-2003, 06:50 AM	#29 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Positive: that is pretty cool technology. Negative: how can you tell the difference bettween someone on the phone and someone who is mentally unbalanced? __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

11-10-2003, 09:42 PM	#30 (permalink)
Hrothgar He's My Girl Location: The Champagne Douche	It would really suck if you had earwax buildup. __________________ The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar.

11-11-2003, 12:02 AM	#31 (permalink)
aa1037 Insane Location: New York	wow coolest thing i've seen all day

11-12-2003, 09:24 AM	#32 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	Here is a picture of it The text reads: Who is itself in the public the finger into the ear, in the future perhaps not directly as impolite will apply: A Japanese engineer developed a "Handy", with which the finger is used for the language transmission. (site text in German) Um....excuse me...but that thing is FRICKIN HUGE! What a laugh. Linked at http://de.news.yahoo.com/031105/286/3qi21.html

11-12-2003, 09:33 AM	#33 (permalink)
Grondar Junkie Location: Pa, USA	Wow, that's impressive. I don't use cell phones myself, but the whole idea and way it works it pretty amazing. __________________ "Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence. Gotta get me some of that." -Stewie

11-12-2003, 10:00 AM	#34 (permalink)
mingusfingers Psycho Location: uhhhh	Looks kinda dorky..I'll stick with what we have. __________________ Still Looking