Motorola patents electronic tattoo for ‘mobile microphone, lie detector and digital display’

<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Motorola, now owned by Google, has applied for a patent for technology that seems like complete science fiction: an electronic tattoo to be placed on a person’s neck that acts as a “mobile microphone, lie detector and digital display.”</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This makes Motorola’s </span><a href="http://endthelie.com/2013/05/31/google-owned-motorola-reveals-stomach-acid-powered-tablet-that-turns-your-body-into-a-password/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">stomach acid-powered tablet that turns your body into a living password</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> seem like the equivalent of a floppy disk. When Motorola announced the password pill, they also announced a more rudimentary electronic tattoo.</span></span><br /> <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <!-- End BidVertiser code --> <a href="http://ads.cpxcenter.com/cpxcenter/s_click.php?nid=4&pid=49778&sid=51388&cid=10953&adnid=4&cuid=0oicbz9&adtype=7&ad=131917&subid=&opt1=&opt2="><img border="0" height="250" src="http://ads.cpxcenter.com/cpxcenter/cr_image.php?nid=4&pid=49778&sid=51388&cid=10953&adnid=4&cuid=0oicbz9&ad=131917&adtype=7&subid=&opt1=&opt2=" width="300" /></a> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a2b34d3a-e07c-4678-a7a8-346319aafab6&size=728x90'></script> <br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /> </span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOowkxqEpwlw7eqLEWlfVprynCzJvlknx87oIJBjSdgTHC_OfsHgF35c5tlyNo9MEVVAIYc4G5K2w7NDSlv748By19nX3-TPiyebBEPU11fCHfinQR8Zj0GNZswy6zrmk-4VkfK64vd91/s1600/barcoded-human.jpg" /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Australian news outlet </span><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/motorola-wants-to-tattoo-a-smartphone-receiver-on-your-neck-20131108-2x5ae.html" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Age reports</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> that the electronic tattoo would eliminate background noise that can disturb phone conversations by capturing vibrations or sound directly from the user’s throat.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5959300518432319010" name="more" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The tattoo would have its own power supply built-in and would transmit the sound through Bluetooth, near-field communication (NFC) or </span><a href="http://www.zigbee.org/About/UnderstandingZigBee.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ZigBee</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The patent, filed in 2012 but </span><a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=6&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%2820131107.PD.+AND+Motorola.AS.%29&OS=PD/20131107+AND+AN/Motorola&RS=%28PD/20131107+AND+AN/Motorola%29" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">published on Thursday</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">, states that the tattoo could also be used as a lie detector, according to the patent. The tattoo would measure the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_conductance" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">electrical conductance</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> of the skin, known as the “galvanic skin response.”</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The galvanic skin response is used to indicate psychological or physiological arousal because both are linked to skin moisture, which causes a variation in electrical conductance.</span></span><br /> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5959300518432319010" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">“A user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response than a more confident, truth-telling individual,” the patent states.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Indeed, skin conductivity is a measure regularly used in polygraph tests, though the American Psychological Association </span><a href="http://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">states</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">, “the most practical advice is to remain skeptical about any conclusion wrung from a polygraph.”</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Skin conductivity seems like quite </span><a href="http://endthelie.com/2012/03/09/study-shows-that-computers-might-be-able-to-spot-liars-better-than-human-experts/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">an outdated way</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> to detect deception, especially given</span><a href="http://endthelie.com/2012/07/12/the-mind-reading-helmet-big-brother-in-your-head/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">technology like the so-called “mind-reading helmet.”</a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The electronic tattoo could even feature a display with a user interface capable of controlling a remote device with simple commands like mute, according to the patent.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">“But exactly how users would operate a tiny touchscreen on their neck is anyone’s guess,” The Age notes.</span></span><br /> <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <!-- End BidVertiser code --> <a href="http://ads.cpxcenter.com/cpxcenter/s_click.php?nid=4&pid=49778&sid=51388&cid=10953&adnid=4&cuid=0oicbz9&adtype=7&ad=131917&subid=&opt1=&opt2="><img border="0" height="250" src="http://ads.cpxcenter.com/cpxcenter/cr_image.php?nid=4&pid=49778&sid=51388&cid=10953&adnid=4&cuid=0oicbz9&ad=131917&adtype=7&subid=&opt1=&opt2=" width="300" /></a> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a2b34d3a-e07c-4678-a7a8-346319aafab6&size=728x90'></script> <br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /> </span> <img alt="tatoo" src="http://endtimeheadlines.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/tatoo.jpg?w=450&h=252" /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">It would not be limited to communicating with smartphones and could potentially be used with tablets or other mobile devices.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The Age reports that this type of technology might be a sign of a new future direction for Motorola, which has suffered continued loss of the smartphone market share in the United States.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">ComScore reported that Motorola’s share of the US smartphone market fell to 6.8 percent in the quarter ending September, down from 7.2 percent in the quarter ending in June.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">If Motorola is able to make technology like this work for a mass-market, it is not hard to imagine a significant increase in their business.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Source: </span><a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/motorola-patents-electronic-tattoo-for.html">http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/motorola-patents-electronic-tattoo-for.html</a></span><br />

Motorola patents electronic tattoo for ‘mobile microphone, lie detector and digital display’

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