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Handy Wristwatch Phone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cuz-the-face-ain't-listening dept.

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.

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  1. this is so old news. by ultrapenguin · · Score: 4, Informative

    This was covered LONG time ago. Here, for example. Old, old news. 03:00 AM Oct. 16, 2000 PT - the date.

  2. Re:A question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    an earlier model worked with tapping rythmically on the wristwatch, now it has voice recoginition.

  3. Previously covered on Slashdot also by Rescate · · Score: 3, Informative

    DoCoMos Finger Phone
    On October 11th, 2000 with 164 comments

  4. pinky and the thumb by TheTimoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a picture here.
    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.

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  5. Lots of links - including (small) picture by Maddog+Batty · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yep. This is old news. The oldest reference I have come across is 1999 (near the bottom).

    Small picture in second page of pdf file.

    Bit more info

    Paper writen on technology used (reg required)

    The same guy has also been involved in wearable keyboards which uses finger rings to detect finger movement and 10Mb indoor network that uses human bodies as portable ethernet cables. Masaaki Fukumoto is a busy man.

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