


Handy Wristwatch Phone 211
femto writes "ABC is reporting that Japanese researchers have demonstrated a wristwatch phone that uses the wearer's finger as an ear piece. To make a call, you put your finger in your ear and speak into the watch on your wrist. " Finally a phone that makes side talking look cool.
Oh no she din't! (Score:5, Funny)
Go Go Gadget Phone! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oh no she din't! (Score:2, Funny)
Version 2.0 (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Version 2.0 (Score:5, Funny)
Rus
Re:Version 2.1 (Score:3, Funny)
An alternate version will soon be announced that will provide even greater privacy through subvocalization. To make this work, the user will have to stick the thumb of his other hand in his mouth. Look for the official annoucement in 1st Quarter 2004.
Adrian
Re:Version 2.0 (Score:1)
Cool (Score:2, Funny)
Great... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great... (Score:2, Interesting)
Will they make it mandatory for people to keep their hands down when a president passes by?
Re:Great... (Score:1)
It's been like that for a few years already with the earpiece cellphone speakers?
Re:Great... (Score:1)
Re:Great... (Score:1)
Not just earpiece cellphones, but even my landline phone headset at work (easier to type with a headset). I love when people just come in and start talking to you. You try to ignore them thinking maybe they'll get the farking point, but they keep going on and on for minutes. Until you look at them like they're a moron, point to the obvious headset and shoo them away. What, do they think I'm Judy the Time Life operator jus
Re:Great... (Score:1)
Re:Great... (Score:2)
Funny you should mention that. Just saw a guy yelling at himself the other day. I think his name was Al.
this is so old news. (Score:5, Informative)
Previously covered on Slashdot also (Score:3, Informative)
On October 11th, 2000 with 164 comments
Lots of links - including (small) picture (Score:5, Informative)
Small picture [yamanashi.ac.jp] in second page of pdf file.
[le.org]
Bit more info
[wiley.com]
Paper writen on technology used (reg required)
The same guy has also been involved in wearable keyboards [atip.org] which uses finger rings to detect finger movement and 10Mb indoor network [trnmag.com] that uses human bodies as portable ethernet cables. Masaaki Fukumoto is a busy man.
Re:this is so old news. (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm still waiting for (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for (Score:1)
STEP 1: Take off your shoe.
STEP 2: After waking up, grab your mobile phone.
STEP 3: Stick your mobile phone in your shoe.
STEP 4: Use voice recognition to dial and talk.
Revolutionary!
Yuioup
Re:I'm still waiting for (Score:2)
Appearance (Score:1, Funny)
Rus
Re:Appearance (Score:1)
A question... (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:A question... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:A question... (Score:2)
Looks cool? (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe they could figure out a way to put the mouthpiece on a pinky wring. Then you could stick your thumb in your ear and extend your pinky to use the phone. You'd still look dorky as hell, but at least people would know what you were doing.
Re:Looks cool? (Score:1, Funny)
business opportunity (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Looks cool? (Score:1)
Re:Looks cool? (Score:2)
That would be AWESOME! I would seriously buy one of those, just cause it'd be so weird.
Re:Your sig (Score:2)
This might do the trick. [rotten.com]
Re:rotten.com (Score:2)
Actually my sig is a futurama quote, but thanks for the link
Re:Looks cool? (Score:2)
No, it's so uncool that it makes sidetalking [sidetalking.com] look cool by comparison.
Karma: whore
Re:Looks cool? (Score:1)
Either that, or you'd get a bunch of wisenheimers asking what Dr. Klaw's latest scheme is.
Re:Looks cool? (Score:3, Funny)
Hello -- it makes your finger vibrate. Think about it!
Re:Looks cool? (Score:2)
Now if it said sidetalking [sidetalking.com] then that would have been sarcastic.
Now, if one were referring to sidetalking as speaking as if in an aside, let me say to the rest of the readers, "Is this guy a dick or what?"
Great. Answer the phone, get an ear infection. (Score:5, Insightful)
I'll pass.
Re:Great. Answer the phone, get an ear infection. (Score:2)
I bet Q-tip is thrilled- and talking to the phone sanitizer wipe companies about new vertical markets!
Re:Great. Answer the phone, get an ear infection. (Score:2, Funny)
"Kad dou hear be dow?"
Re:Great. Answer the phone, get an ear infection. (Score:2)
Just a prelude to the butt-phone (Score:2)
Re:Great. Answer the phone, get bone damage (Score:2)
Wonderful (Score:1)
How to look a fool in public (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to look a fool in public (Score:1)
Right... especially if your friend with you wants to borrow your phone for a minute to make an urgent phone call... with yor finger in his ear!
babel fish (Score:2, Interesting)
useful for translating and making phone calls....
Go Go Gadget Phone... (Score:2, Funny)
Am I the only one (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Am I the only one (Score:1)
-Peter
Re:Am I the only one (Score:1)
Does it come with.. (Score:3, Funny)
Geeze... (Score:1)
So... (Score:1, Funny)
I can see it now... (Score:3, Funny)
looks (Score:2)
Re:looks (Score:2, Funny)
And it hurts like hell if you get it trapped in a door.
Picture Link (Score:2)
I bet it might just..... (Score:3, Funny)
That'll never work! (Score:1)
Re:That'll never work! (Score:2)
Although that might be too logical.
Fun with telemarketers... (Score:2)
Any technology distinguishable from magic is not suficiently advanced.
Problems (Score:2, Interesting)
2. It's hard to pass the phone around. If you are with a friend and another friend calls and wants to speak to your friend, what do you do? Stick your finger in their ear? You better be really good friends.
Anyways, the novelty of the idea is interesting but the practicality seems to be almost nonexistent.
Re:Problems (Score:1)
Imagine how you are going to look driving with a finger in your ear.
You're going to be arrested by driving under the influence...
They'd better put... (Score:1)
Just make sure... (Score:1)
Wristwatch Atomic Clock (Score:3, Funny)
First Atomic Clock Wristwatch [leapsecond.com]
I have a television like this... (Score:2)
One serious problem with this... (Score:1)
Don Pardo would love it! (Score:1)
They say cell phones... (Score:1)
pinky and the thumb (Score:3, Informative)
And why didn't they make it like the "real" hand phone, where you listen to your thumb and speak into your pinky?
That would have been cool! Like this it just looks stupid.
So when someone wants to borrow your phone... (Score:2)
Pass the finger please (Score:1)
(And I thought dirty telephones were bad. Do you know where that finger has been? Do you really want to know?)
Secret Service Conspiration (Score:1)
Come to thing about, I don't think GW ever figured it out
Doiesn't sound to be a big hit... (Score:1)
Imagine being on a date with the girl of your dreams; a common friend calls you on the phone and wants to speak to her, you stand up and plug your finger in the girl's hear ?
How does the phne recognize a touch of the finger to the thumb that says that you want to activate the phone from a "regular" touch ? (hint : touch fo the thumb by the finger is basically the advantage of having opposable thumbs, so you're likely to record numerous such events on an
Re:Doiesn't sound to be a big hit... (Score:2)
You go back to her place, things get hot and heavy.
You end up slipping a couple of digits into her.
Your phone rings.
Hilarity ensues.
What will they think of next? (Score:1)
They got this from Inspector Gadget! (Score:2, Funny)
"Go Go, Gadget Phone!"
ATT Wrist Phone (Score:1)
I don't have any links or pictures, but if anybody else has them, feel free to post them.
Why? (Score:2)
Re:Why? (Score:2)
The lapel pin and necklace would work great for microphones - but I'd appreciate an explanation of how these will get the sound INTO your ear.
carpal tunnel? (Score:3, Interesting)
I thought it had been proven that one of the leading causes of carpal tunnel was excessive vibrations of the wrist. Now if this thing attaches as a wrist watch, and operates by vibrating your bones enough that you can hear the resonance through your finger, it seems it would be one of the last things any rational thinking person would want.
Personally, I try to avoid carpal tunnel, and this sounds like it was designed to cause it.
I'll pass.
Great for Mechanics (Score:2)
I can't wait to see my mechanic use one of these while working on my car.
"Just a sec...Hello th...AWWW! MAN! I'VE GOT GREASE IN MY EAR!"
Re:Great for Mechanics (Score:2)
I can't wait to see my mechanic use one of these while working on my car.
Or hubby calls when mummy is changing the babie's diaper.
This whole story shows that while the Japanese have the technology, they need to start smoking a whole lot better brand of weed if they're going to get creative in the commercial application of all this high-tech.
Imagine this (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Imagine this (Score:2)
Re:Imagine this (Score:2)
Thing I least want to hear ... (Score:3, Funny)
"Hello. Oh, OK. Here, it's for you.".
Blech!
Re:Thing I least want to hear ... (Score:2)
Next step (Score:2, Funny)
I'd own one if... (Score:2)
Pres. Bush meets w/Japanese dignitary... (Score:2, Funny)
Bush: Oh, that's okay, the last three years I've had my thumb up my @$$.
Old joke... (Score:3, Funny)
"Did you know you've got your finger in your ear?"
"I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up - I've got my finger in my ear..."
Another conspiracy (Score:2)
1 Become an ear doctor
2 Make a phone where users stick finger in ear
3 Profit!
Matrix (Score:2)
Agent 2: Do we proceed?
Agent 1: Yes!
Agent 3: Only human...
what about those of us with arm pains (Score:2)
Inspector Gadget (Score:2)
VibraCall (Score:1)