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I guess this implies that speech would be generated. Damn!! I went and had
all my phones pulled out years ago.
Bud Kennedy
Chew on this: Tooth phone implants - Tech News - CNET.com
Chew on this: Tooth phone implants
By
Reuters
June 18, 2002, 4:30 PM PT
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-937253.html
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.
"With the current size of microchips, this is feasible. They are now small
enough to implant in the tooth," he said Tuesday.
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.
The invention raises the prospects of financial traders receiving the latest
stock market bulletins while at the cinema and politicians tuning in to
secret
briefings from advisers while being quizzed by opponents.
Despite its similarity to high-tech gadgets dreamed up by Bond's faithful
"Q" sidekick, the inventors believe the gizmo could become the first in a
whole
suite of nonmedical devices implanted into the human body.
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