Motorola wants to patent a NECK TATTOO that doubles up as a microphone to make calls clearer in noisy places
Daily Mail -
- Tattoo picks up sounds caused by changes in throat muscles when talking
- It sends these sounds wirelessly to a smartphone using Bluetooth or NFC
- Google-owned Motorola also claims it could be fitted to animals
- The technology could make it easier to hear callers in noisy places
- The firm has also said it is working on tattoos to replace passwords
Forget Google Glass, smartwatches and even the biohacker who inserted a microchip under his skin, Motorola is hoping to trump them all with its microphone tattoo.
According to a patent filed by the Google-owned phone maker, the tattoo would be placed onto a person’s throat and pick sounds created by their voice.
If the user is making a phone call, the tattoo would then send these sounds wirelessly to the smartphone and the caller.
The patent is called ‘Coupling an electronic skin tattoo to a mobile communication device’ and was originally filed in May last year.
Throughout the patent, Motorola calls the device ‘electronic tattoo 110’ and said it would ‘comprise audio circuitry that enables reception of acoustic signals from a person’s throat’.
Put simply, the tattoo’s built-in microphone could pick up the sounds made by a person’s voice by reading vibrations and fluctuations of muscle or tissue from their voicebox.
It continues that the tattoo would either contain a battery that ‘may or may not be rechargeable’, or alternatively, could be powered by an NFC or Bluetooth charging device.
The patent addedsaid: ‘it is contemplated that the electronic tattoo 110 can also be applied to an animal as well.’
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
Source: http://www.oneworldchronicle.com/?p=18198
