Sony's 'SmartWig'

[pwsincd]

Sony has filed a patent application for "SmartWig", as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector.

According to its filing, the SmartWig can help navigate roads, change slides during a presentation and collect information such as blood pressure.

Sony said the wig will be able to process data and communicate wirelessly with another external device.

Google and Samsung are among the firms that have launched products in wearable technology - seen as a key growth area.

Wasnt sure this belonged here or the EoF ... could just see you guys in these , especially the blonde one.


Source : BBC

 

[stinkoman]

That's, uh, an interesting direction.

 

[Veho]

Sony has filed a patent application for "SmartWig", as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector.

Are they trying to get ahead?


Smart Cap I would understand, but why wig? Weird.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Sony obviously wants to measure the amount of sweat and fat the human head produces while playing games.

 

[the_randomizer]

Are they trying to get ahead?


Smart Cap I would understand, but why wig? Weird.

I guess it would help customers get themselves out of hairy situations, right?

 

[Bladexdsl]

this is a cut above the rest

 

[Xenirina]

Oh dear God.
What has happened. Sony? Sony?

 

[Taleweaver]

Erm...how does this thing help navigate roads? Well...other than making you look like a cheap hooker so you'll catch a ride faster, that is.

Changing slides, eh? Yeah...it'll look really professional when you pat your own head each time you want the next slide to show up.

And blood pressure...erm...not that it's useless in some practices, but why the hell would you want a wig for that?

Oh dear God.
What has happened. Sony? Sony?

They're preparing for a change of the company name. In a year from now, the entire brand will be renamed as Girly.

 

[Veho]

Changing slides, eh? Yeah...it'll look really professional when you pat your own head each time you want the next slide to show up.

I assume you change them with your brain. Like those Neurowear cat ears, only without the ears.

 

[Gahars]

I've heard hair-raising announcements, but a hair-replacing one? Preposterous!

 

[DinohScene]

That's just.... utterly fucking ridiculous.

Smartwatches I could understand but smartwigs...
Wow just wow..

 

[DiscostewSM]

Sony's gettin' wiggy with it.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Good to see we all just jump the gun and assume this will be used for silly or stupid reasons.

Sony listed various potential uses of the SmartWig in its filing, including helping blind people navigate roads.

It said that a small video camera or a sensor on the wig could help to provide the position and the location of the wearer.

A remote user can then use the images provided and send vibration commands through the network and navigate the wig user manually to a desired destination.

"Although navigation systems based on vibration motors have been widely introduced, a navigation system integrated into a wig... is so far not known," the firm said.

A further potential improvement of the wig may use ultrasound waves to detect objects around a user.

Or how about

It could also have uses in the healthcare sector, as a combination of sensors can help collect information such as temperature, pulse and blood pressure of the wearer.

"The system can detect these kinds of data naturally and transmit them to the server computer," it said.

BOOOO SONY BOOOO

 

[moerik]

Betya the SmartWig launches without any gaemz.

 

[Veho]

They are probably patenting the whole range of head-mounted gadgetry, and wigs are just part of the gamut they covered just in case.

At least I very very much hope that is the case, and that their flagship product won't really be a wig made out of yak hair, regardless of its functionality.


"SmarToupe, for the executive on the go!"

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Sony, wat r u doin? Sony, stahp!

 

[pwsincd]

They could introduce a new game model in a similar vane to skylanders.. wig swapping for character changes. must by a ps4 tomorrow..

 

[Bladexdsl]

the 1st game out for this will be called : head lice. you smack your head to kill them when you see them jump on screen

 

[Gahars]

Sony listed various potential uses of the SmartWig in its filing, including helping blind people navigate roads.

Let's be frank here, you'd have to be blind to a wear a wig like these anyway.

 

[Duo8]

Probably not gonna be used for gaming. Or any entertainment purposes.