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EARTHDATE: March 13, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: THE CREEPIEST MOBILE PHONE IN THE WORLD

by Hazed

Mobile phone design hasn't changed a great deal even with the advent of smart phones - it's still a small flat rectangle. But Japanese scientists wanting to change that have come up with a brand new design, shaped like a doll. They say it's designed to make you feel closer to the person you are talking to. But in reality I think it's really freaky!

The current prototype is a little larger than the palm of a hand. It's designed to look like a human and has a soft outer layer that heats and cools just like human skin. There's a speaker in the doll's head, and the microphone is at the other end, where the feet should be. It has a light-emitting diode that shines blue when the phone is being used and red when it's in stand-by mode.

I have no idea where the keys are, or which bit of the phone you are supposed to squeeze to answer a call - this version is just a prototype.

Go look at the pictures here and I am sure you will agree with me that it's just totally creepy.


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