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T-Phone: concept mobile phone for the elderly

Posted Oct 19, 2007 at 03:34AM by Charles D. Listed in: Cellular News, Cellular Phones Tags: RFID
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If you've ever taken the time to take care of your grandmother, one of the thankless chores you'll probably end up doing for her is helping her dial someone's number on the phone. However, this isn't a chore that you may end up doing forever.

Korean designer Jeong-Kyun Nam was able to conceptualize a phone that makes use of unique RFID caller badges rather than dialing the phone number of the person you want to contact. Such a design makes operating a phone for elderly people easier for them in the long run.

Dubbed as the T-Phone, this concept phone allows you to program and store number onto special ID badges that you can easily identify by placing pictures or easy to read names. After setting the numbers for every badge, all it takes is slotting the appropriate badge into the T-Phone and there you have it - call completed!

Jeong-Kyun Nam has received several awards for arts and designs over the past years and hopes to deliver the concept T-Phone to homes everywhere where elderly grandparents are in need of dialing assistance. With innovative designs such as these, this just goes to prove that mobile technology has gone a long way since the concept of wireless communication started.

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