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Old 11-06-2003, 07:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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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
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Old 11-06-2003, 07:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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well at least when you see people doing the phone hand motion... maybe they really are on the telephone
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Old 11-06-2003, 08:06 AM   #3 (permalink)
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What's next, telepathy phones?
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Old 11-06-2003, 09:42 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That is seriously wierd at least you wouldnt loose it though.
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I think a conventional cellphone is far more comfortable to use than wearing a wrist strap and jamming my finger into my ear.
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:26 AM   #6 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-06-2003, 12:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I think that is seriously cool. Not so much for practical purposes, but the concept. I imagine this technology could open up many possibilities.
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Old 11-06-2003, 12:29 PM   #8 (permalink)
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SOOO COOOL!
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Old 11-06-2003, 02:09 PM   #9 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-06-2003, 02:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
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It will just look like there are way more schizos walking around the streets.
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Old 11-07-2003, 03:37 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Where does the fax come out when you receive one?
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Old 11-07-2003, 06:45 AM   #12 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-07-2003, 06:48 AM   #13 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-07-2003, 10:05 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I wonder if they could somehow wire it up to my butthole and turn it into a loudspeaker.
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Old 11-07-2003, 10:54 AM   #15 (permalink)
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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?
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Old 11-07-2003, 11:31 AM   #16 (permalink)
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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...
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Old 11-08-2003, 01:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
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ok. What if the call is for someone you're with. Do you jam your finger in THEIR ear?
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Old 11-08-2003, 02:30 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I can see the advantage of blocking out external noise by inserting ones finger in ones ear.
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Old 11-08-2003, 02:31 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Yeah, brilliant. You say "It's for you" as you stick your finger in their ear.
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Old 11-08-2003, 04:25 PM   #20 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-08-2003, 04:39 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Dear Lord... Our generation is getting lazier and lazier... Now all of a sudden, holding a few gram phone is too heavy.

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Old 11-09-2003, 02:46 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Dear Lord... Our generation is getting lazier and lazier... Now all of a sudden, holding a few gram phone is too heavy.

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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... :-(
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Old 11-09-2003, 03:51 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Leave it to the japanese to come up with yet another useless invention =)
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Old 11-09-2003, 06:05 PM   #24 (permalink)
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That's a pretty neat concept, but as Jay Francis said, what if the caller wants to speak to your friend, lol.
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Old 11-09-2003, 08:11 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Cool, but pointless... for now.

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Yeah, brilliant. You say "It's for you" as you stick your finger in their ear.
hahahah
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Old 11-09-2003, 08:31 PM   #26 (permalink)
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absolutely brilliant.
canīt wait to have it available.
along with jet-packs this is something i want to see in the next few years.
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Old 11-09-2003, 10:03 PM   #27 (permalink)
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the first thing that i thought of when i read that was "go go gadget phone"
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Old 11-10-2003, 05:49 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I like stuff like this.
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Old 11-10-2003, 06:50 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Positive: that is pretty cool technology.

Negative: how can you tell the difference bettween someone on the phone and someone who is mentally unbalanced?
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Old 11-10-2003, 09:42 PM   #30 (permalink)
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It would really suck if you had earwax buildup.
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Old 11-11-2003, 12:02 AM   #31 (permalink)
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wow coolest thing i've seen all day
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Old 11-12-2003, 09:24 AM   #32 (permalink)
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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
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Old 11-12-2003, 09:33 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Wow, that's impressive.

I don't use cell phones myself, but the whole idea and way it works it pretty amazing.
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Old 11-12-2003, 10:00 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Looks kinda dorky..I'll stick with what we have.
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