Filed under: Handsets, Peripherals, Ringtones, Misc
Those who are contemplating some type of bizarre
surgery to ensure your dear cellphone stays permanently attached to your person should probably hold off, as a couple of companies are teaming up to curb the oh-so-typical problem of
misplacing one's handset. New Japan Radio Co. and Superwave Corporation have reportedly joined forces to "develop a chip that uses weak
radio waves to communicate with mobile phones, paving the way for devices that tell users when a handset is misplaced." Supposedly, the chip would communicate with one's phone "every few seconds," and if you bolted from the subway sans your cellphone, a sound or vibration would apparently be there to alert you of your mistake. Hold tight folks, the firms have plans to distribute samples to manufacturers this October. [Warning: Read link requires subscription]
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Jul 26 2007, 06:24 PM
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Filed under: Handsets, Misc, Peripherals, Ringtones, lost, alert, radio, RadioChip, radio chip, superwave, Misplaced, new japan radio, NewJapanRadio