Is your Bluetooth headset a little out-dated? Why not replace it with a throat tattoo? It seems Google Glass was just the beginning for wearable tech trends, as Motorola Mobility (owned by Google) filed a patent for an ‘electronic skin tattoo’ late last year.
Check out the clip below from Arirang News when news of the patent hit the press:
Google Neck Tattoo was created with the intention to improve the audibility of the current Google Glass bone-conduction speakers, which have been deemed ‘faulty’ by some users. The ‘tattoo’, about the size of a postage stamp, is stuck directly on the neck or worn inside a collar or band.
Do I sense a tech-junky fashion revolution? The idea is to use the ‘tattoo’ to communicate with your mobile device via voice prompts, without ever having to use a headset. The benefits include clearer incoming and outgoing calls and a crisp audio experience, which means clear conversations with your friends at a crowded concert and even listening to music without headphones! The device is said to include a microphone, power supply, transceiver and antennae to wirelessly connect you to your mobile device, much like a Bluetooth headset minus the 90’s stock-photo businessman feel.
And as if that’s not enough, it has a nice little added extra – a built-in lie-detector! According to the patent, the device will have a ‘galvanic skin response detector to detect skin resistance of a user’. In other words, the device will pick up the different electric currents produced by your body, so, when you’re nervous or lying, your skin will reveal the truth.
While this might sound like featured tech in a Bond film, it’s important to note that this is simply a patent and might never hit the shelves. With the endless possible applications of the ‘tattoo’, it goes to show that the technological evolution has not yet reached its final frontier. Would you wear one?
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