Siemens is developing a mobile communications device that’s based on an unconventional approach: In contrast to a cell phone, the MyAy delivers the most benefit to its users when they aren’t carrying the device with them. The diminutive device is designed to alert the user when something unforeseen happens. There is a report on the MyAy in the latest issue of the research magazine "Pictures of the Future". What’s more, MyAy dispenses with a display and features a number of sensors and an easy-to-use keypad. MyAy’s integrated mobile radio module maintains contact with other cell phones, making it a classic always-on device. In the future there will most likely be two types of mobile communications devices: those that users always carry with them, and devices that perform their functions in the home or at other remote locations.