Want a Tattoo that Tingles when Your Phone Rings?

Question: Would you get a tattoo? No? OK, let's try sweetening the deal. Would you get a tattoo if it let you know when your phone rang?

Seems that the brainiacs at Nokia have invented a magical tattoo that tingles when someone calls you. To do this, they're using "haptic feedback" (communication via touch) which is the same way that, say, a Nintendo Wii controller works.



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The technology isn't available quite yet -- the Finnish cell phone giant only recently submitted the patent application -- but, when it is, this is how it'll work:

You get your butt (or your arm or leg or what have you) to your local tattoo parlor for some ink. Once your rose, dragon, M.O.M., etc. heals, you get it magnetized using the new technology. And from then on, whenever your phone jingles, you tingle.

Of course, there are all sorts of vibrator-type jokes being made at the mere mention of such a thing, and those are just the tip of the iceberg with this entire concept. Would anyone really want this? Are we so married to our phones that the mere thought of missing a missive would prompt us to permanently mark our bodies? What happens if you lose your phone? Or upgrade? Or have friends who text you every 5 seconds? Talk about a Saturday Night Live sketch in the making.

Now, I'll ask you again … Would you ever get a tattoo that lets you know when your phone rings?

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