Will Ferromagnetic Ink in Tattoos Help Connect Us to Our Smartphones?
By Karla Robinson
March 26, 2012
March 26, 2012
- Can’t feel your phone vibrate in your pocket? You may soon be able to get a vibrating tattoo for your phone alerts. A new patent by Nokia outlines a magnetic ink for body tattoos that can connect to its smartphones.
- “Ferromagnetic ink in the tattoo, applied to the body via stamp, tape, or ink, reacts to a smartphone’s magnetic field, meaning calls or voice mails received on a smartphone can then trigger a vibration in the tattoo’s magnetic ink,” Mobiledia explains.
- Nokia hasn’t commented on the technology, leaving questions such as whether users can disable vibrations during sleep, Mobiledia points out.
- There are also other up-and-coming haptic innovations reliant on magnetic vibrations that help blind students navigate computers and turn any surface into a touchscreen.
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