Not so keen on things like this...including GPS apps/systems. No one on this planet, wife included, needs to know where I am whenever they care to know. My whereabouts are at my discretion to divulge.

I have a very basic cellphone without Internet access other than text page ability.
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From the Cicret website:

"WARNING: we are still working on our prototype and didn’t launch any pre-order/order of the Cicret Bracelet. So don’t trust any website selling it yet."

This is being crowd-sourced and is in the works. Perhaps in a year or so it will be real.

I'll pass.....................no cell service out here with the cattle and horses.............they seldom need that or Wi-Fi........................................

My BS meter just shot sky high... This appears to be a fake, created with special effects. For more info on this slick marketing campaign with no working prototype:

http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/the-cicret...

This has been identified as a scam. The guy has raised nearly $98k euros. If the image is being projected from the bracelet then when you touch the image with your finger, everything on the side of the finger away from the bracelet would be blocked.

There is absolutely zero way this thing works exactly like it shows in the video. The power required to project a screen that clearly onto human skin is very high, unlikely to be contained in a small device like that unless it runs for 3 minutes at a time.

Also the projection isn't interrupted by things like, oh... hair, and um, your hands "touching" the screen?

This is at best a well-made marketing video, and at worst a scam. Probably somewhere in the middle.

Something like this is achievable in the near-term though with flexible displays.

No thanks.

Oooh, I want one, too!

Guys! This does not exist. See robertmbeard's post below.

Jan

This is not a device for me -- but definitely for my grandson who is 22. This is really something I could not even imagine a few years ago -- and I have a pretty good imagination.

So this won't make you radioactive?
I'm already imagining what the next creature feature may be with endless sequels and remakes.

I bet not many people know that in 2007 it was mandated that all cars be made with a transponder, like an EZ-Pass. Even if your car is the cheapest, base model, it has this. If you check FCC database, you will see the "readers" for these transponders are embedded and active on most highways, and soon all of them will be on and they will know exactly where your car is at all times, and if you have a trasponder key, it will know where that is as well. 1984 is here

Awesome, Gotta have it!!!

So here's the official website: http://www.cicret.com/wordpress/

Yes, this is a concept item, no working, marketable item is out yet.

Here's my impression:
1) How's battery life? Projection is REALLY power-intensive. My bet is that this is only good for use for about 45 minutes before it dies.
2) I can believe the sensor technology - it has been in the Microsoft Kinect for 3+ years. It's the projector I'm skeptical on. Skin is a lousy reflective surface for most colors because different layers of the epidermis absorb different colors at different rates. You'd have real trouble with resolution and image clarity.
3) Phone - it uses Bluetooth just like an earbud, but it isn't the phone itself. It probably does support WiFi connectivity, however, just like most phones and tablets. So the GPS tracking phobia is unlikely to be justifiable based solely on the Circet.
4) Android-based (Google).
5) Waterproof. Fantastic. Noone likes having to replace their phone when they lean over and it drops into the toilet or the sink, or just the fall to the concrete.

I'd love to see a real one, but I'm not going to be investing at the moment. Now if you had teamed this with one of the ultra-thin flexible screens that rolled out from the bracelet, I think you would have a more feasible product concept.

Fantastic!

Dick Tracy is waiting in line to trade in his watch.

The only problem is: replacing the tablet with a device having a smartphone screen but without the speakers a smartphone would need. Like a smartphone limited to text only.

Excellent, thanks for the post. It is a big step toward the wearable computer.