# Wearable Mobile Phone Concept Turn Your Fingers into a Mobile Phone By POPEYE | Published 2007-02-10 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wearable-mobile-phone-concept-turn-your-fingers-into-a-mobile-phone References: [techdigest](http://techdigest.tv/2007/02/turn_your_finge.html) & [webserver.ifdesign.de](http://webserver.ifdesign.de/gewinner_liste.php?sprache=1&award_id=122&kategorie_id=2753) New mobile phone with the easier and lighter concept by turning your hand into a mobile phone. 'Finger Touching', designed by Sunman Kwon at Hong-ik University in South Korea, it [slips onto your hand](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/picoring), and then projects a [3x4 mobile-style keypad](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sidephone-sp01) onto your fingers, with each joint making up a button. "Human hand is the most basic communication method. For easier and simpler controls, it uses the instinctive input method “finger joint”. Excluding the thumb, each finger joint makes up twelve buttons. These “knuckle buttons”, based on the cell phone's 3x4 keypad, are likely to become the most popular input method." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.4/10 - Popularity: 75% | Activity: 79% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Wearable Mobile Technology:** The concept of turning your hand into a mobile phone presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the wearable technology space. - **Instinctive Input Methods:** The use of finger joints as buttons on a wearable mobile phone introduces opportunities for developing intuitive input methods for other devices and technologies. - **Projection Technology:** The projection of a 3x4 keypad onto the fingers opens up possibilities for incorporating projection technology into other wearable devices or user interfaces. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Wearable Technology:** The wearable mobile phone concept has the potential to disrupt the wearable technology industry by providing a unique and intuitive user experience. - **Mobile Communication:** The finger joint-based input method on the wearable mobile phone offers opportunities for innovation and improvement within the mobile communication industry. - **Projection Technology:** The integration of projection technology in the wearable mobile phone concept can open up new possibilities for the projection technology industry in various applications. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Hand-Worn Athlete Smart Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/handworn-smart-display.md) - [Gesture-Control Earpiece Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samsung-galaxy-air-concept.md) - [Tappable Smart Ring Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dribble.md) - [Mini Transparent Smartphone Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nothing-mini-phone.md) - [Uncomfortable Anti-Tech Rings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uscellular.md) - [Malleable Wearable Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/motorola-adaptive-display-concept.md) - [Rotating Button Panel Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phone-one.md) - [Cubic Industrial Phone Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/minimalist-phone-concept.md) - [Simplistic Folding Clamshell Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/01-phone.md)