At CommunicAsia, Masaaki Fukumoto, director of the biological signal-processing laboratory at NTT DoCoMo’s multimedia laboratories shows off a prototype phone interface that works by sticking one’s finger in the ear.
Worn on the finger, the Bluetooth-enabled terminal converts voice to vibration through an electro-mechanical actuator and then channels the vibration through the hand’s bones to the tip of the user’s index finger.
Much comedy ensues. [From Telecomasia]
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1 Masato wrote:
That makes things more interesting when you’re talking to someone and all of a sudden they stick their fingers in their ears in the classic gesture of, “I’m not listening…” Then with fingers in their ears, they can have an “imaginary” conversation with themselves to further add insult to injury.