Thumbnail Watch goes where no watch has gone before

If you’ve seen the last Die Hard movie, the villain has one of the best quotes ever when it comes to technology. He tells John McClane that “he (John) is a Timex watch in a digital world.” In all honesty, I’m not certain that anyone is using watches, digital or analog, in today’s society. I stopped wearing one long ago when I got my cellular phone.

It appears that Timex is completely reinventing the watch with the Thumbnail watch. The company had a design contest to come up with a new design for the watch, and this is one of the better entries.

I have heard that the Thumbnail watch is designed to slip over your thumb, so I’m guessing that no Lee Press-on nail action is required. The time glows on your thumbnail, and it can light up and change modes just by pressing the end of the thumbnail.

I can’t quite figure out what type of technology is used to make this device work. If this is some new sort of LCD, then why not apply it to all the nails. Can you imagine having a computer interface like this on all on your nails?

Maybe your cell phone could be on your pinky, so you can take calls by making the “phone” sign on your hand. The iPod on your ring finger, and a ring could be the speaker. Your middle finger could be a Blackberry, but just be careful not to flip people off when checking your e-mail. The pointer finger could serve as a digital camera, and all you would need to do is point and shoot.

We’d better see where the Thumbnail watch goes before we speculate on the other fingers.