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Nokia Applies For Vibrating Tattoo Patent

Posted by Unknown on from the everything-has-been-invented dept.

New submitter CanHasDIY writes "Tired of waiting for the Pip-Boy or Omni-Tool to be invented? Never fear! Nokia is developing the basic technology needed to make your dreams a reality: haptic-feedback tattoos. According to the patent application, 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.' Basically, the process is the same as for normal tattooing; the difference is in the ferromagnetic ink. Kind of brings new meaning to the term 'embedded device,' doesn't it?"

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  1. Not all that novel... by grnbrg · · Score: 3, Informative

    People have been implanting magnetic stuff for a while...

    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/news/2006/06/71087

  2. Prior art by RenHoek · · Score: 1, Informative

    Don't tell me this concept has never been used in SciFi before.

    I'm pretty tired of companies taking all of the cool ideas people already had and stamping a patent on it. I'M LOOKING AT YOU IPAD!