Forget ‘vibrate’, set your phone to ’shock’

April 21st, 2006 | by amarfresh |

Keep missing phone calls because you can’t feel your phone vibrate? We’ll Motorola has patented a new type of silent alert using electric shocks!

The system, not unlike the massage and weight loss systems currently available on the market today, uses a small pad containing electrodes that are wirelessly linked to a handset. When an event occurs on the handset, an electric potential is placed across the electrodes, stimulating the skin and underling muscles, thus alerting the wearer.

Finally a ringtone for masochists. Shocking.

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