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That's either a really sensitive watch or the ring produces a large magnetic field.
by shadowpwner 15y ago
That's either a really sensitive watch or the ring produces a large magnetic field.
- StavrosK 15y agoIt's a concept, which means that the magnetic field explanation is very much akin to the flimsy pretexts used by science fiction shows to provide some plausible sort of excuse for how something like this might perhaps work maybe. Concepts are basically what happens when a person who can draw goes "dude, wouldn't it be awesome if X?".
- andor 15y agoIt's a concept, which means that the magnetic field explanation is very much akin to the flimsy pretexts used by science fiction shows to provide some plausible sort of excuse for how something like this might perhaps work maybe. No, it's not: http://research.nokia.com/files/public/2011-01-12-Ashbrook-CHI11-Nenya.pdf http://research.nokia.com/files/public/2011-01-12-Ashbrook-C... [pdf]
- StavrosK 15y agoAh, then the article was wrong to call it one.
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- dotBen 15y agoThe article says the magnetic field is detected by a bracelet which in turn communicates via Bluetooth to the phone. ...which begs the question, why not just control the phone via the bracelet directly if the user needs some kind of remote control facility?