Vibrating Tattoos - Coming to an Arm Near You

Cell phone company Nokia has issued a patent for a material that could be attached to human skin and would vibrate to alert the wearer of an incoming call or text message.

A patent application filed by Nokia last September would create, "a material attachable to skin, the material capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin, wherein the perceivable stimulus relates to the magnetic field."

In other words, it would be an attachable tattoo that would vibrate in response to a signal from an incoming phone call or text message.

How it works:

The ink material would first be exposed to high temperatures to demagnetize it. Then the tattoo would be applied. You'll apparently be able to choose the actual image you want as the tattoo. The procedure would be similar to that of getting a 'normal' tattoo.

Nokia Wows Mobile World Congress With a 41-Megapixel Phone Camera

Looking to go where no Android or iPhone has gone before, Nokia has unveiled two new mobile phones that it hopes will revive its fortunes at the start of the world's largest mobile phone trade show on Monday, including one with an amazing 41-megapixel camera.

Nokia Chief executive Stephen Elop told reporters at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the new phones -- a low-price $250 smartphone that runs the Windows Phone operating system and the PureView 808 which sports the staggeringly high-resolution 41-megapixel camera -- demonstrates "the actions necessary to improve the fortunes of Nokia."

The Finnish company is attempting a comeback of sorts with smartphones using Microsoft's Windows software.

And 41-megapixel phones.  Now if I could just get my smartphone camera to focus properly.