Nokia's Newly Patented Magnetic Tattoo: Because the Vibrate Setting Just Doesn't Cut It
Categories: Don't Wear That
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| via Gizbot |
A patent filed by cell phone company Nokia will soon enable your mobile device to send magnetic waves that would be received and felt through a "perceivable impulse" on the surface of your skin -- all with the help of a handy tattoo.
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| US Patent Office |
After the tattoo's complete, the ink can be remagnetized by rubbing a magnet over whatever surface you've decided to
According to the patent, the "perceivable impulse could be customized -- much like a ringtone from vibrate to tingle to itch -- for different callers and messages."
Yes, friends, this means we are just one little step away from our phones truly becoming our fifth (or sixth...) appendage. Buckle up.
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