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Haptics Technology Turns Phones into Weapons
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SkinnyGuy writes "Virtually all of our phones have little motors that make vibration possible. Now there's a company working on taking the abilities of these mini motors much, much further. Touch-Bak's technology allows for users to send 'virtual punches' and jabs, and can send phones flying from the hands of users if they're unaware of the service. It's all a bit on the extreme side and, to his credit, the PCMag.com author recognizes that, but it's still a fascinating application of the little understood Haptics technology. '"Imagine," Galsworthy continued, "that you know your buddy Kyle is in an important meeting and you know that he keeps his phone in his pocket. You can deliver a digital punch right to his thigh. He jumps out of his seat during the meeting and . . . it's hilarious!" Galsworthy was so tickled by this description of events that he was lost in fits of laughter on the other side of the phone. To me, this service is childish and, well, kind of stupid.'"
Don't mess with me... I know phone-fu 8)
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And so it begins
Although this seems feasible for the retarded realm of consumer technologies, the fated day of fools grows nigh.
Wait... I just remembered Crazy Frog topping the charts in Europe.
Yes... this could very well be real.
Thus making it a raging success with teenagers and Americans.
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So now I am going to pay for technology that enables my phone to stab me in the back? No thanks. Seems to me these people habe way too much time on their hands!
Maybe somebody should load their phones with a little explosive and have some FUN! That would be truely innovative! Oh, wait, the Israelis already did that....
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
I'm willing to bet this is the beginning of a VERY long day.
You know how I know it's an April Fools post? Because if it were real, cell phone companies would charge you $10 a month to opt out of it. They'd call it something like "TotalRingControl(TM)" and initially they'd let people send these messages for free to annoy the shit out of every right-thinking businessperson who 1) depends on their phone, and 2) has the $10 to burn. Then, 3 months later, they'd switch it to $2 a telepunch without telling you, and charge another $.50 just to receive one.
when you're brothers telling you he's getting married RIGHT NOW in his apartment. BAM! I sure could have used this amazing breakthrough in technology when that happened..
Ryan
I have often wanted to send REAL punches and jabs to people yakking on their cell phones in inappropriate places and bothering everyone else.
Ah, yes. A phone that rabbit-punches you. Very droll. The humor makes me roll on the floor, laughing.
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Wow, if you click through the article and get to the last page (click the "check out the site and service here link") you can click on John Kerry's face 4 times and it will activate the mouse vibrator. You must have Haptic 1.2 for it to work though.
Awesome technology.
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FTFA: To me, this service is childish and, well, kind of stupid
People lately have been abuzz about license-plate social-networking services on the highways, where you dial up a number, enter their plate and get connected to their listed cell number. A childish, stupid and ill-thought out concept. 1 wrong...This article describes is a service which can knock the phone out of someones hand using the motor in the phone itself...an annoying, childish and stupid idea (but mildly amusing). 2 wrongs...
So what if the person you are behind on the highway is yakking away in the fast-lane going 10mph under the speed limit...can't you use the License Plate service to send the SMS message to knock the phone out of their hand and...
OOPS! You dropped your cell-phone in your latte!
2 wrongs can make a right
Becoming rich and famous after inventing a device that allows you to punch people in the face over the Internet!
Yeah, version one of this technology sucks. But just wait until version two comes out and brings a whole new meaning to the term phone sex. (Yes, I know what day this is ;3)
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I was secretly hoping that maybe, just maybe, we would see "OMG!!! Ponies!!!" again, but no pony for me it seems :(
> "To me, this service is childish and, well, kind of stupid.'"
Well, YouTube was childish and kind of stupid, and then it was worth $1.6 billion.
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I really think this tag should be removed for today. It really takes the fun out of things...
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It still being March in my timezone, I had to get most of the way through the first page of TFA to catch this.
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I can see another $699/phone licensing fee for this, more if the phone runs on Linux. Besides just a lot of hurt to your hip
The phone bill itself packs a pretty good punch that often surpasses anything physical.
Table-ized A.I.
Myspace.
Would I be able to use Mo-Tac with a back-pack? I often go to school with one strapped...
And how do I know it won't thrash-cat? I keep a cat in my pack, and don't want it hacked.
If these questions seem redundant mod with Mod-Flack.
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I'm glad to know that somebody is now hard at work trying to remedy that deficiency.
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For a long day of stupid stories today...
Cell.
Sure, mod me off-topic, but in the spirit of slashdot april fools, you all have to check out www.thinkgeek.com , they have a pretty good page up. Hell, they just started shipping iPhones!
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Someone disable tagging!
April fools is no fun is everyone sees the damn aprilfools tag!
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Whoever thought of this idea is an idiot. This will never work to any degree.
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Very cute.
Your free clue is on page 2. The company "Ripal Uno".
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This tech would be a dream come true if you could get telemarketers to use it.
NO! NO I am not interested in saveing money on my car insurance. WHAP!
Won't someone PLEASE think of the ponies!!!1!!
Okay I know this is April fool's day but this stuff happens for real. My girlfriend's best friend sets her tiny Nokia on vibrate ring mode and keeps it in her thong next to her vulva. She says she doesn't do it for THAT reason though but just because it's a handy place to keep it and, unlike other ways of carrying a phone, she can always feel it so she doesn't miss any calls when ringing is verboten. I found out about it when she suddenly sort of oddly flinched while we were all talking and then left the room. I've never heard of anyone else doing this but she says she got the idea from someone else, tried it, and liked it.
One step closer to the device that stabs people over the internet :)
This was posted on the 31st...should have waited that extra half hour.
Government's idea of a balanced budget: take money from the right pocket to balance...oh who am I kidding?
Now, if I can only get the wireless extention cord I will be set. :-)
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this from the Naomi Campbell department?
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
There are people on this world who would love to see this... to spice up their phone sex!
sell that to your sadomasochistic mama
If you're stupid enough to believe this, then you're the April Fool. They are retards for making it up, anyway.
The last part makes me think April Fool's, but it might be nice to be able to have a passerby use their phone to send a zap during/after a robbery...
apparently, yahoo must have thought this was real...they posted the article three days early: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070330/tc_zd/204277
... Naomi Campbell and Rusell Crowe.
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