“So from diets to
diabetes, connected devices will help you manage your health and create a
digital doctor at your finger tips.”
This is the last line
of the article about connecting the dots with social media and the human body.
The Article talked about apps and gadgets like MealSnap and Bodybugg, aimed to
help people with their health. I began to recall an article I read from 2012 regarding
a tattoo artist who surgically attached an iPod Nano to his arm. Surgical placing
magnets under his skin he is able to remove the iPod at will. Affectively, he
created the first smart watch - if only he had waited two years he would not
have had to undergo surgery to get the nifty gadget.
The funny thing about research
is it can take you places you never thought possible. At the bottom of an
article about the tattoo artist our group read about Nokia applying for a
patent for a vibrating tattoo.
Sept. 13, 2011, Nokia (the
creators of that good old brick cell phone) filed for a patent for a vibrating
tattoo. July 1, 2014 record that the patent was granted.
The idea behind the
patent is that we can get a tattoo that can vibrate when we get a phone call,
text message, email and/or other basic phone functions - providing different vibration
patterns for each. The tattoo and can communicate with a phone in your pocket
or potentially one in remote location(s). Tattoos could be applied anywhere, but
the sketches show it on the hand, abdomen and a figure nail. (Technology really
is at our figure tips now.)
This invention can
connect us in so many ways with a simple tattoo. I could potentially check into
Foursquare, Tinder or any other location service without ever touching my
phone. It could start vibrating when I am near someone I know; or maybe set it to
continue to vibrate until I start my work-out - connecting it to my Nike+ app
for a nice little slap in the hand to help me stay in shape.
These devices could also
do so much more by possibly notifying you when your blood sugar is low or blood
presser is high or monitor one’s heart rate. It could become the newest thing
in human and computer interaction.
This device is coming
soon to a body near you….
I have reached out to
Nokia to see what the status of the project is. If I get a response I will post
it.
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