Nokia patents 'vibrating tattoo' that would let you 'feel' who's calling

In case you are one among those individuals who often misses a phone due to the fact your mobile phone is tucked absent in your bag, preventing you from hearing it ring, then Nokia could possibly have the solution - inside the type of a vibrating tattoo.

The Finnish firm has patented an concept that involves making use of a ferromagnetic material which would be sprayed or stamped onto a user's pores and skin before getting linked up by using a mobile gadget, says a BBC report. The fabric is capable of detecting a magnetic area and emitting a vibration.

The patent was filed with all the US Patent and Trademark Place of work last week and describes how the magnetic marking might be put virtually everywhere on a person's physique, like their finger, or even their fingernail.

The patent explains that once applied, the tattoo could work in the number of ways. It could, for example, let you know when your phone's battery is working reduced, explain to you when an email is received or warn you to an occasion with your calendar.

Vibrations could arrive inside the kind of a single pulse, several pulses, one extended pulse, sturdy and weak pulses - with each and every sort of pulse regarding different types of notifications. You could also system it to vibrate in different techniques based on who's calling.

News site Unwired See, which uncovered the patent, stated that besides staying sprayed or stamped on the entire body, the material could be applied like a normal tattoo, making it much more long term.

"You'll evidently have the opportunity to pick the genuine image you desire since the tattoo. The procedure is similar to that of obtaining a 'normal' tattoo ¡§C just the ink is unique," Unwired View's report described.

Even though a 'silent' vibrating tattoo could demonstrate beneficial occasionally, it is challenging to imagine many people would wish to endure a surgical-like process simply to make certain they never ever skip yet another phone.

Perhaps it might be beneficial in spots like film theaters and company meetings, exactly where even a cellphone switched to vibrate can result in head-turns and tuts when it goes off.

Would you be pleased to possess a vibrating tattoo applied in your forearm? Or have you been managing just great with no one particular?