New chip curbs misplaced cellphone syndrome
by Darren Murph 
posted Jul 26th 2007 at 10:24PM
Those who are contemplating some type of bizarre surgery to ensure your dear cellphone stays permanently attached to your person should probably hold off, as a couple of companies are teaming up to curb the oh-so-typical problem of misplacing one's handset. New Japan Radio Co. and Superwave Corporation have reportedly joined forces to "develop a chip that uses weak radio waves to communicate with mobile phones, paving the way for devices that tell users when a handset is misplaced." Supposedly, the chip would communicate with one's phone "every few seconds," and if you bolted from the subway sans your cellphone, a sound or vibration would apparently be there to alert you of your mistake. Hold tight folks, the firms have plans to distribute samples to manufacturers this October. [Warning: Read link requires subscription][Image courtesy of GLIRC]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
greenlight @ Jul 27th 2007 2:14AM
Or just get a Sony Ericsson Bluetooth watch and get some functionality at the same time...
joe @ Jul 27th 2007 8:06AM
this is so cool - it makes a market for someone to come up with chips that vibrate if you forget your chip that vibrates to alert you of the missing phone.