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Motorola patent uses neck tattoo as microphone
PC Pro ^ | 11/8/2013 | Tom Brewster

Posted on 11/10/2013 6:16:03 PM PST by markomalley

A Motorola Mobility patent application has proposed using an "electronic skin tattoo" as a smartphone microphone and wireless transceiver.

The temporary tattoo would also include a "power supply configured to receive energising signals from a personal area network", according to the filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

It would be applied to "a throat region of a body" - otherwise known as the neck.

The user would still need to use either headphones or the built-in receiver to listen to the incoming audio.

But Motorola thinks the technology would be ideal for noisy environments, such as large stadiums and busy streets, or in emergency situations.

"Communication can reasonably be improved and even enhanced with a method and system for reducing the acoustic noise in such environments and contexts," the filing read.

The tattoo would pick up acoustic sounds from the throat, convert the analogue signal into digital so the smartphone can process the information and provide the right output.

Motorola also proposed adding "a galvanic skin response detector to detect skin resistance of a user", which could have lie detector functionality.

"It is contemplated that a user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response than a more confident, truth telling individual."

Smart tattoos

This is not the first time Motorola has shown an interest in tattoos. Back in May, Regina Duncan, ex-DARPA head and lead for advanced research at the Google-owned phone maker, proposed using tattoos with near field communications as authentication tokens.

She also suggested a pill containing a switch and a battery could be swallowed by a user, whose stomach acids would work as an electrolyte to power the device. That would then create a signal, essentially turning your entire body into an authentication token, according to Duncan.


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To: Alex Murphy

You may be right. I find it odd that within the last 3 days, I have come upon two stories about tattoos that are healthcare-related. The first one was about invisible tattoo RFIDs, for use as ‘information keepers.’


21 posted on 11/10/2013 6:47:08 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

> electronic skin tattoo

Hello? Is anyone not getting the drift of this? So, it’s at the bottom of the head and not the top?

Reading it loud and clear. A little tweaking of the technology and you have the Mark of the Beast.


22 posted on 11/10/2013 7:04:04 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Delta Dawn

LOL


23 posted on 11/10/2013 7:45:00 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: jsanders2001

Its said that the reason the Mark of the Beast was described as being on the forehead or the hand....is a dual one

The head...refers to thinking....the hand to acting..

it is am old hebrew allegorical description for adopting or taking on the “worlds” thinking...and acting.


24 posted on 11/10/2013 8:32:28 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sort of like an evil version of the phylactery?


25 posted on 11/10/2013 8:34:56 PM PST by thecodont
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To: thecodont

an evil and very personal conceptual and totally spiritual version...


26 posted on 11/10/2013 8:40:33 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: jsanders2001

The mark of the beast is coming, but it is all about location. I am sure they will ensure that it does not cause any problems with the religious. I know some are scared, but it will be impossible to live without the technology. They will probably use the eyes to use at banks, hospitals, etc. now that I think about it, I was in Universal the other day and they used a fingerprint to open the lockers. I thought it was neat and brilliant. Maybe not. Lol.


27 posted on 11/10/2013 8:55:07 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: jsanders2001

The mark of the beast is coming, but it is all about location. I am sure they will ensure that it does not cause any problems with the religious. I know some are scared, but it will be impossible to live without the technology. They will probably use the eyes to use at banks, hospitals, etc. now that I think about it, I was in Universal the other day and they used a fingerprint to open the lockers. I thought it was neat and brilliant. Maybe not. Lol.


28 posted on 11/10/2013 8:55:23 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: MeshugeMikey
it is am old hebrew allegorical description for adopting or taking on the “worlds” thinking...and acting.

IOW duplicity, deception, insincerity, malevolence, subterfuge. Embracing, enabling, and engaging in lies. Redefining crimes against nature as love.

A degenerate, arrogant, inner character of rot and decay that is openly on display through the Destroyer ostensibly surnamed Obama.

29 posted on 11/10/2013 9:22:12 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America will merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: jocon307

Well it is Google. They happen to own Motorola if i’m not mistaken.


30 posted on 11/10/2013 9:38:46 PM PST by topspinr
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To: combat_boots

< You may be right. I find it odd that within the last 3 days, I have come upon two stories about tattoos that are healthcare-related. The first one was about invisible tattoo RFIDs, for use as ‘information keepers.’

Lucrative new business: RFID tattoo removal and new fake ID implant. Today’s special; only $999


31 posted on 11/10/2013 10:28:45 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: napscoordinator

It plainly states that if you take the mark of the beast you will suffer the wrath of God:

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

Revelation Chapter 14:

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.


32 posted on 11/10/2013 10:39:30 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

It plainly states that if you take the mark of the beast you will suffer the wrath of God:

Revelation Chapter 14:
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.


33 posted on 11/10/2013 10:41:01 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Knowing 0 he will trick people into taking the mark of the beast by saying they are going to placed on another body part other than your forehead or hand and his liberal army will, of course, give Christians grief for their beliefs:

Revelation14:9
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand


34 posted on 11/10/2013 10:45:14 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Ezekiel
that pretty much covers it.

his vision of himself differs form ours but crazy people usually have vastly inaccurate self images...




35 posted on 11/11/2013 6:43:22 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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