- (AFP) -- A Japanese company has invented the world's
first wristwatch phone which works by transforming the user's finger into
an earpiece, New Scientist says in it's next issue, due out on Saturday.
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- The prototype gadget, Finger Whisper, consists of a wristband
that converts digital signals into vibrations that are transmitted into
the bones of the hand.
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- The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations
to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound
signals for the brain.
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- To respond, the user simply speaks into a microphone
on the wristband.
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- By touching forefinger to thumb, the user starts or ends
a call, and the device uses voice recognition technology to dial the number.
There is no keypad.
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- Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo is developing
the idea, which is the brainchild of a research engineer, Masaaki Fukumoto.
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