Nokia Applies For Vibrating Tattoo Patent

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @03:39AM 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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I wonder what a MRI would feel like by FictionPimp · 2012-03-21 03:41 · Score: 5, Insightful

Subject says it all.
It's all nice and fine by Hentes · 2012-03-21 03:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

until you have to take an MRI.
Re:rule 34 by GameboyRMH · 2012-03-21 03:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

I can see some applications in wireless teledildonics. Installation would suck though...

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How is this novel? by Nemesisghost · 2012-03-21 03:59 · Score: 1, Insightful

Unless I'm totally off my rocker(which is possible) wouldn't prior art come into play here? It's one of the "techs" of at least Mass Effect. And I don't think the writers from ME made it up out of thin air.