These new gloves are expensive, but they take the term"handsfree"to a new level. People can talk to them as they make a call. The gloves are known as"Talk to the Hand" and cost 1,000pounds a pair.
They come with a speaker unit(扬声器装置) put into the thumb(拇指) and a microphone built into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset(电话听筒) using Bluetooth.Phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.
Artist Sean Miles, from Winsor, designed(设计) the great gloves that double as a phone in part of his project. He connected gloves with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2. Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves: one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If need is great,they will then be produced at a larger amount.
O2 Recycle, which supported the project, says that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. Bill Eyers, head of O2 Recycle, asks people to recycle their phones responsibly.
Designer Sean Miles, the 41-year-old man behind the designs, said, "I hope that my project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets(小器具). If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than throw them away as rubbish, I think this project will have fulfilled its goal."
Miles is now working on combining phones with handbags. So people don't spend time rummaging(翻寻) around in their bags to find a phone when it rings.
