Bone Conduction

The Yubi-Wa is the latest mobile phone from Japan’s NTT – but with a twist. It’s not a handset, but an oversized pebble-sized ring worn on the finger. To listen to someone on the other end of the phone, you stick your finger in your ear. The sound is conducted through the finger. It’s an interesting idea, but the ring is too big as far as I’m concerned. Mind you, I suspect that ostentation is part of the attraction for the sort of people who would buy it in its current form.