NEW TECHNOLOGY: MAKE PHONE
CALLS WITH YOUR FINGERTIP
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Signl, formerly “TipTalk”, was developed by South Korean company Innomdle Lab, a new startup founded in 2015 by three ex-Samsung employees.
It’s a smart strap that can be worn by itself, with a classic watch or any kind of smartwatch ((Apple, Samsung, Pebble, etc.).
It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and thanks to a built-in “body conduction unit”, the strap sends sound through your body, allowing you to hear the caller just by touching your ear with a finger.
A microphone of the strap lets you have a conversation just like you would on a mobile phone.
Innomdle
Lab CEO Hyunchul Choi says that he came up with the idea for Signl after
hearing someone boasting about his new smartwatch, but at the same
time being embarrassed that others could hear the phone call conversations
as well. Inspired by this predicament, he started working on a solution that he
believed would become very popular in the future.
“People
who prefer classic watch, don’t want to wear wearables because it doesn’t look
nice with their suit,” Wenxing Bai, business manager at Innomdle Lab told TechNode.
“On the other hand, smart watch users don’t take
phone calls on their watch, because everyone can hear the conversation.”
Signl solves both these problems, as it is compatible with both classic and
smartwatches, and offers great call privacy since only the wearer can hear the
sound being transmitted through their hand.
The Signl strand is apparently
based on two core technologies n actuator unit that generates a
body-conductible vibration with low power consumption, and an audio algorithm
that selectively amplifies voice signals with proper wavelength modulation.
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