Saturday, April 2, 2011

Mod 2 tetrad 2


ENHANCEMENT
Enhances cell phones with the addition of communicating emotional and physical feelings.

OBSOLESCENCE
Obsoletes cell and smart phones.

RETRIEVAL
Retrieves feelings obtained through face to face conversations.

REVERSAL
Reverses due to lack of privacy and communication of feelings one wants to keep to themselves.


Researchers have created a communication device called the Hug. ) http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/20/cx_gd_1024featslide_comm05_2.html?thisSpeed=6000). It would allow phone communication to portray emotional and physical feelings beyond voice. This may replace cell phones as communication devices because people desire the personal aspects of face to face conversations. The Hug may allow this from afar.

2 comments:

  1. Wow! What a concept. It never occurred to me that we could stream body language. What is the delivery mechanism for the this?

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  2. Bob,
    It is a type of pillow that one holds while on the phone to add physical and emotional body language to voice.Interesting.
    Sandy

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