The electronic tattoo is not Nokia's only occurrence for the mobile phone market. In addition to that curious accessory that, after adhering to the user's skin, communicates to the user with his mobile phone, the Finnish firm would be behind another device that, although not so invasive with the user's physique, it is equally surprising.
It would be a terminal whose peculiarity would lie in the malleability of its design. Again, the integration between the device and the user's body is the touchstone of the phone, although in this case, the idea is that the mobile adapts to the physiognomy of the owner through elastic properties in the morphology of the device.
The device was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2010, but until today we have not known of its existence. The idea of the Apparatus with elastically transformable body ”” or, as we have already anticipated, apparatus with a body that can be transformed by elasticity ””, the name with which this concept would have been registered, would be that of a device that could be arranged in various positions or configurations shape, which adapts to various parts of the user's body, placing special emphasis on the arm and wrist, so that it could be worn as if it were a watch or wristband.
The terminal would have a flexible touch screen, a design that could become transparent and functions typical of a telephone, such as wireless connectivity, notifications through vibration, microphone and light source: for practical purposes, it is a mobile to use, although without the constriction of the materials that are currently used for the construction of one of these devices.
Although the vocation that emerges from the description of the device in the application for patent that Nokia complied makes almost two years is a telephone in some detailed points in the document it suggests that this concept devised by the firm Finland could end turning out to be an accessory. Despite everything, given this type of malleable technology, the usability of the systems that this project uses as sustenance could even be simultaneous.
At the moment, the patent has not been granted, and even if it were, it is impossible to say when we could see this type of device in action on the market. However, for some years now, the South Korean Samsung has been showing off its flexible OLED and AMOLED screens, with which it is possible that the terminals where it is installed describe shapes that are not necessarily straight.
This type of technology has also been tested on panels for the use of electronic ink, in order to emulate the experience of reading on paper or newspaper, despite the fact that the texts were not printed, but loaded as digital information. The prodigies that have already been verified in this line have even made the screens totally transparent, at the same time that they help us to display information and content as if it were any other panel.
