Unique wearable phone designed to raise recycling awareness
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 09:45:16
Various campaigns have been run in recent years to encourage people to recycle their old mobile phones, but few have been quite so inventive or expensive as Talk to the Hand.
The Daily Mail reports that artist, Sean Miles, has created a 1,000 pair of gloves which have been integrated with the components of a mobile phone, allowing people to use them to make calls.
The thumb features a speaker and a microphone is mounted in the little finger of the glove, which means the wearer can hold their hand to their head in a natural fashion and chat with friends when they are on the move.
Although the gloves are costly, they are actually built using vintage brands and harness the recycled components taken from old mobile phones, since it is the intention of the artist to help raise the profile of gadget recycling in general.
Network provider, O2, gave Miles the recycled guts of mobile handsets to achieve the goals of the project and also paid for the work to be completed.
While the 1,000 price tag placed on the gloves sounds steep, O2 is actually going to give them away as prizes after they go on exhibit next month.
These items are being used to test the water and there are suggestions that more might be built, if there is an obvious demand for them.
The glove-phone is a novel concept and not one which will necessarily catch on, particularly if there is a high price tag associated with them.
Gloves are also only appropriate in the cold months of the year, so you would have to switch back to using a regular handset in the summer.
However, if this scheme enhances the profile of mobile phone recycling, then it is definitely a positive thing.
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