I’m gettin’ too old for this shite
My pala told me yesterday that her new TV tells her who is on the fone when it rings. WTF?!? Then a voice repeats what is written on the screen. Whyinhell would I/anyone want that??!? I had that dang thing put in for my convenience: if I actually sit down to watch something on TV, I do NOT answer the fone. [unless it's MiL][which is what answerfones are for]
And now:
Nokia is proposing “a material attachable to skin, the material capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin, wherein the perceivable stimulus relates to the magnetic field.”
Or to put it another way, a vibrating tattoo.
…a future phone could emit a different magnetic field depending who is calling, or if your battery is running low, or you receive an SMS, for example.
… “ink enriched by ferromagnetic or paramagnetic compounds”
aaaiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There’s
an appa tat for that!Vibrating tattoo…….well I guess it depends on where you put the tattoo…..might be a big seller.
“Vibrating
cupcakesNipples?”Just what we need – personal appliances that nag. I get enough of that at work. Maybe the Amish are on to something…
So when ringtones, flashing lights and vibrations are not enough to get your attention, now you can get electric shock. I wonder what that does to bettery life.
I wonder if the tattoo can be hacked to induce pain or death?
(What? Oh, I dunno. Maybe a dozen sci-fi films.)
Hey, here’s an idea. Take that tattoo stuff and make one of them neat cell phone barcode thingies as a means of identification.
Then just apply to the hand and forehead, and…
oh wait..
“My pala told me yesterday…”
Explain to this hillbilly ignoramus what the heck a ‘pala’ is.
My Mom has the TV caller ID thing. Likes it a lot, means she doesn’t have to squint and or fuss with the phone to know when to ignore a call. It doesn’t talk to her, though.
If PDAs actually did what their name suggested, and were smart enough to help disorganized people pretend to be organized, and IF you could trust the manufacturer, I would love to have one of those implanted with that hypothetical subcutaneous display I saw a few months back. Waterproof, never lose it, could call 911 if your heart wigged out, etc.
But you would seriously have to be able to trust the manufacturer. Because that could go horribly wrong, also.
My wife sets the phone on vibrate, then drops it down her pants, and calls from the land line.
a) Alan, I had a gal pal who wears tight jeans, no pockets. That’s where she keeps hers. Very flat abs. The sight of her fishing out her phone was a bit much.
b) Wonder what will happen with that vibro-tat when it gets hit by Putin’s psychotronic gun?
“Hey Doctor, you know that car accident victim you sent to get an MRI?”
“Yeah, what about him?”
“He just exploded…”
mark of the beast
Ben-wa tattoos. How droll.
WINSTON!!!
Ah, some folks have already taken a couple of steps beyond that stick on crystal lady parts jewelry stuff.
TimO, 10+++++++++!!!
By the way,
caller-ID on the TV screen is cool.
Now I don’t even have to pick up the phone to ignore a call.
Not sure if it’s only available to integrated cable/digiphone service.
DougM (#6) :”I wonder if the tattoo can be hacked to induce pain or death?”
Star Trek episode:
Commander: “Lieutenant! Your agonizer, please!”
(I don’t know if he said “please” – it’s really un-Klingon. But it sounds good.)
Merovign (#9): “But you would seriously have to be able to trust the manufacturer.”
Don’t get the Microsoft Version 1.0. And firmware updates are a pain.