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·Samsung has invented a 'smart-strap' which can be attached to any watch
http://www.news.com.au/technology/g...y/news-story/26ce6b5cfc8ce35fe6360c504ec5b836
IN a page ripped from the Get Smart handbook, the latest smartphone accessory has users sticking a finger in their ear and talking into their wrist.
It was one of the many wacky devices on display at the world’s largest technology expo today, where everything from robotic pets and smart bras to a belt that judges how many times you’ve overindulged went on show.
But it was the watch band with a difference, TipTalk, that surely won the prize for the most unusual gadget of the Consumer Electronics Show as it promised to deliver phone conversations to your ear just as long as you stuck your finger in it.
The device from Samsung spin-off Innomdle Lab fits any standard wristwatch and connects to Google Android smartphones.
When a phone call arrives, the wearer can accept it with a button on the band, and audio is translated into vibrations which travel up the skin.
By pushing their index finger on to the front of the ear, or tragus, the user can hear the conversation even though no one around them hears a thing.
A microphone on the watch band lets them talk to their caller, even though bystanders might think they’re just talking to themselves.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/g...y/news-story/26ce6b5cfc8ce35fe6360c504ec5b836
IN a page ripped from the Get Smart handbook, the latest smartphone accessory has users sticking a finger in their ear and talking into their wrist.
It was one of the many wacky devices on display at the world’s largest technology expo today, where everything from robotic pets and smart bras to a belt that judges how many times you’ve overindulged went on show.
But it was the watch band with a difference, TipTalk, that surely won the prize for the most unusual gadget of the Consumer Electronics Show as it promised to deliver phone conversations to your ear just as long as you stuck your finger in it.
The device from Samsung spin-off Innomdle Lab fits any standard wristwatch and connects to Google Android smartphones.
When a phone call arrives, the wearer can accept it with a button on the band, and audio is translated into vibrations which travel up the skin.
By pushing their index finger on to the front of the ear, or tragus, the user can hear the conversation even though no one around them hears a thing.
A microphone on the watch band lets them talk to their caller, even though bystanders might think they’re just talking to themselves.
