Handy Wristwatch Phone

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.

Comments

Oh no she din't!

[Dancin_Santa]

Talk to the hand!

Great...

[pdbaby]

Now we have absolutely *no* way of telling who's crazy and who's just talking to their friend on their phone. Thanks a lot!

this is so old news.

[ultrapenguin]

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

Looks cool?

[winkydink]

Sticking your finger in your ear and talking into your wrist makes you look cool? I guess if you never want to get laid again, it might.

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.

Great. Answer the phone, get an ear infection.

[laetus]

Yeah, I want to be sticking my finger in my ear all day. Even more, I want to be shaking hands with people who've had their fingers in their ears all day.

I'll pass.

Re:Version 2.0

[rf0]

I just want to see the fax machine version..

Rus

Lots of links - including (small) picture

[Maddog Batty]

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.