Using MEMS to Miniaturize Mobile Phones

securitas writes: "The NY Times has a feature on using microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in cell phones to replace bulky passive components like the filters, resonators and duplexers that make up most of the size of today's phones. In theory, they say, you could have a cell phone in a ring on your finger. Besides making everyone seem like James Bond, a ring-phone would give new meaning to the phrase 'Talk to the hand.'"

Comments

Great....

[tfurrows]

So now we're going to have a bunch of yuppies talking to their fingers while they drive.

Does this mean people are going to get pulled over for talking on their cell (in areas where it's illegal), when all they were really doing was picking their nose?

What an injustice... what a travisty....

One Ring to Bind them?

[Matey-O]

Actually, One ring says I'm committed to my wife. The other Ring shows my commitment to technology!

What happen if...

[kevinadi]

during talking to your ring you accidentally swallow it. I wonder what will the other person hear.

Implants

[Zeinfeld]

A while back some of us were sitting round at the IETF discussing the various techno gadgets we had bought recently. Jeff Schiller went first and showed everyone a ham radio the size of a matchbox. Then Steve Bellovin showed people his watch running Linux. All I had was a cheezy Palm VII running a Lisp machine emulator.

The last guy to go is one of those crypto dudes who wears all black. He holds out his hand and taps his palm a few times. Then after a brief pause he starts speaking to someone as if on the phone, which it turned out he was, this dude had a cell phone implanted into his palm and skull!

Anyway we continued drinking for some time (it was IETF after all) and the dude asked us to watch his laptop for a while while he went to the little boys room. We had some more drinks and were about to leave when someone pointed out that the dude had not returned yet. So I went off to the bathroom to find him.

I find the dude bent over the can with his legs stretched out and a bog roll stuck up his ass. Immediately I think the dude has been mugged. "Hey whats up, you OK?" I ask. "No I'm fine", the dude replies "I'm just waiting for a fax".

Blurring the line...

[Souffle]

Great strides were made for crazy people when cell phone users started walking around with headsets appearing to talk to themselves. Now it will be even more difficult to tell the difference between technophiles and crazy people!

Cell phone in your ring?

[sporty]

Who would wanna cell phone in their ring? Keep it in your shoe like any professional spy.