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A watch band lets you hear phone calls through your fingertip

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A new phone accessory called Sgnl is the exact opposite of a hands-free device like a Bluetooth headset—it’s entirely dependent on your hand. The device, which has blown its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 out of the water, is a high-tech watch band that can be attached to any watch face, whether it’s an Apple watch or an analog timepiece, to let you make phone calls using your hand.
via Mental Floss

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  1. $140 per band at the first KickStarter; and it worked when the Mental Floss journalist tried it at the ‘noisy coffeeshop’ challenge level. If your ear needed fidgeting with, and your headsets get lost at a good clip, and your chiropractitioner is into ear medial response stuff, maybe this is the thing!

    In other news, I really hope they’re not all matte black wristbands.

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