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Most people stick their fingers in their ears to drown noise,
so why not make headphone that look like real fingers?
Fingerphones are a set of headphones with imitation fingers
on the end of them instead of the usual blobs of plastic.
The
fingers themselves would have two flexible knuckle
joints for
greater realism, and be flexible enough to wriggle into a
comfortable position. A variety of sizes, styles and skin
colours
would also be available, ranging from The Grubby Schoolboy
to
the Female Manicured Model of Perfection. The Horror
Options terminate in a replica of ragged flesh with
protruding
bone stump, and would be the perfect sound blocker for
annoying conversations on morning commutes.
(?) What I mean
http://www.geocitie...ther/handphone.html
Sorry: photo taken by mobile. The drawing itself: I have no excuse for. [Ling, Dec 09 2005]
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[xenzag], I was thinking that once the finger was poked into the ear, then it wouldn't really look like a finger so much. The only thing you would see would be a stump and so on, but no nail. |
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So I thought that if the headphones were fashioned as a pair of hands, joined at the wrists, then the end of the index finger on each side could be poked in the ear. The hands would be placed on top of the head, palms down, and cupping the head. |
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+ for the image of someone wearing these while reading in the train during the morning commute. |
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Thanks Ling - had considered hands, but thought too big
for easy carrying, but a worthy alternative that I'm happy
to share with you. I like the idea of the fingers being
carefully removed from their containers (test tubes like
holders) in their straight up mode, then carefully preened
and bent into shape before insertion, in front of a passive
audience. Have made models of them, and they look
great, with enough of the finger bit sticking out to
register. |
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