06-19-2002, 09:29 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The only time you'll enjoy visiting the dentist
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-937253.html
Some people complain about how small cell phones are getting - wait until they see this one!
"British engineers say they have invented a revolutionary tooth implant that works like a mobile phone and would not be out of place in a James Bond spy movie. The "tooth phone" consists of a tiny vibrator and a radio wave receiver implanted into a tooth during routine dental surgery. The phone was designed by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau. The implant does not yet have its own microchip installed, but Auger says the technology is tried and tested, and a fully functional phone could be put together in no time at all...sound, which comes into the tooth as a digital radio signal, is transferred to the inner ear by bone resonance, meaning information can be received anywhere and at any time--and nobody else can listen in." Source: Todd Ogasawara
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06-19-2002, 10:01 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 63
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Deployment of this product would give a whole new meaning to the expression "talking to yourself".
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06-19-2002, 10:03 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 137
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So the big question is how they're going to pack Smartphone 2002 into a molar...
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06-19-2002, 10:11 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 735
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So the homeless guy I saw was actually talking to his agent instead of just talking to himself.. that explains a lot of things.
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06-19-2002, 10:19 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
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[Insert easy jokes about BlueTOOTH here...]
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06-19-2002, 10:25 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 79
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Do you have to bite your tongue to hang up?
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06-19-2002, 10:31 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 382
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and if you forget to pay your bill the phone company just continuously calls you...
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06-19-2002, 10:41 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 400
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Anybody mention how this thing is powered? If they have some nice biometric power source or kinetic power source (chewing charges the battery,etc...) I'd give it a go. :lol:
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06-19-2002, 10:45 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
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The word "easy" is sort of redundant here. :lol:
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06-19-2002, 11:31 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 784
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Just imagine what would happen if telemarketers got a hold of your number....that would suck.
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