A British designer develops a glove that works like a phone. Yes, you talk into the pinkie. Why didn't Google think of this?
I have had the impression for some time that Google has thought of everything.
This impression was mainly fostered by Google, which seems intent not merely on knowing everything I do now, but everything I will want to do in the future.
But then I saw this footage of a man talking into his pinkie finger and thought: "He must be British."
This did, indeed, prove to be the case. For Sean Miles of Designworks in the U.K. decided that the true joy of wearable tech was a driving glove that you can talk into.
At least that's what it looks like in this demonstration he gave to the BBC.
This is surely the most developed expression ever of talking to the hand.
He listens to his thumb. He talks into his little finger.
I can just imagine millions of nerds and teenagers desperate to meld their inner Michael Jackson with their outer coolier-than-thou. They would surely pay fortunes to get their hands onto and into one of these gloves.