Motorola Applies for Microphone Tattoo Patent

It seems that integration of technology into our otherwise healthy bodies may be on the horizon. Motorola has applied for a patent for a throat tattoo that can act as a microphone for many devices. PC Mag has the story:Motorola has applied for a patent for an electronic skin tattoo that acts as a mobile communication device.This isn't your usual parlor inking, though. The tattoo, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office application, can include an embedded microphone, a near field communication (NFC) transceiver, and a power supply.As the wearer speaks, the throat-printed tattoo streams the audio to a controller, which then transfers it to the accompanying mobile communication device — a.k.a. your smartphone, gaming device, tablet, or, say, Google Glass.Other stories indicate that Motorola, owned by Google, mentioned a lie detecting capability:The patent states that this temporary tattoo could “include a galvanic skin response detector.” If the user is “speaking falsehoods,” the tattoo can detect skin response caused by nervousness.PC Mag says this is "permanent" while others say it is a "temporary" tattoo. This seems like a big detail. If it is a permanent microphone tattooed on your neck, then that is clearly transhumanism. If it is temporary then I would say it is just technology that can be removed at the user's discretion.Motorola does not seem to want to talk about it, declining to make a statement about their application. I suppose, we...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Transhumanism Source Type: blogs