Soon You’ll Be Able to Text By Touching Your Hair
Google Glass may have been a major bust, but fear not, you wearable fanatics. There’s a new innovative tech accessory coming your way that you’ll most likely find at the beauty salon.
While at first this may seem kind of unnecessary (is it really that hard to use your thumbs to swipe?), Vega has some pretty practical uses for her invention. The idea that stands out the most is Hairware’s ability to broadcast a woman’s location or activate a preset emergency text message without visibly using the phone. You can also use it to discreetly record a conversation, take a selfie, open apps or send text messages.
To all you short-haired dudes feeling super bummed right about now, we have some good news. Vega also has plans to make Hairware for beards. She tells New Scientist, “I still need to figure out the design. It could involve connecting a conductive beard to a clip hidden on the back of a shirt collar. Our next step is to understand male behavior and how they relate to their beards.”
If you already have your credit card out, hold up — you’re going to have to wait a while longer before you can attach these extensions to that glorious mane of yours. Vega’s product is still in its development phase. While there is no set release date yet, she says she hopes to commercialize the technology. Until then, you’ll just have to rely on your trusty old fingers to control your smartphone.
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