Japanese researchers plan to capitalise on your ear’s real estate with a new wearable computer designed to live on your lugholes.
The miniature device, which was first reported by AFP, can be controlled by movement in your eyes and tongue, and will flaunt a speaker, microphone, GPS, and Bluetooth connectivity, despite weighing just 17 grams.
“People will wear it in the same way they wear earrings,” says Kazuhiro Taniguchi, engineer at Hiroshima City University.
The lobe-loving team are testing the product right now, and they’re hoping to have a public release by next year’s holiday season.
Come Christmas 2015, there’s a very real chance you’ll be able to control your iPad 6 or smartphone with your facial expressions. Neat stuff if you’re not worried about getting funny looks on the tube.
The guys over at HCU don’t want to stop at changing songs or checking text messages though, with big plans for the future of the wearable tech.
"Supposing I climb a mountain, look at the sky at night and see a bright star up there, it could tell me what it is,” Taniguchi said.
"As it knows what altitude I'm at, which direction I'm looking and at what angle, it could tell me, 'the bright star you are seeing now is Sirius'."
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