but does it have vibrate?

June 20, 2002 2:34 PM

but does it have vibrate? A prototype tooth implant which picks up digital signals from radios and mobile phones goes on show at the Science Museum in London this week.
posted by moth (14 comments total)

Hey if Gilligan's Island taught us anything, isn't it that radios in your head are notoriously unreliable?
posted by willnot at 2:43 PM on June 20, 2002

Sure, it'll cause brain cancer, but I want one! But it had better have an OFF switch. One more step toward cyborgification.
posted by rushmc at 2:54 PM on June 20, 2002

hey what next, fibre optics into the eyes?! - in eye entertainment
posted by monkeyJuice at 3:09 PM on June 20, 2002

Snake? COME IN, SNAKE!
posted by SiW at 3:16 PM on June 20, 2002

I'll get one of my front teeth replaced, and my girlfriend will love me forever.
posted by SpecialK at 3:27 PM on June 20, 2002

bluetooth :-)
posted by cburton at 4:10 PM on June 20, 2002

who needs an off switch when you can just make a tinfoil hat?
posted by sugarfish at 7:38 PM on June 20, 2002

higher rez pik. I wanna know how the sound quality is (or could be) so I can listen to music or whatever else I feel like without anyone else having a clue...Rig it with a handheld PC, 802.11/3G, decent TTS, google and their new voice interface...bring on cyborgification!
posted by thadk at 8:01 PM on June 20, 2002

Damn, and I just had a crown put in this morning. If I'd known this was coming, I would have waited....
posted by geneablogy at 10:11 PM on June 20, 2002

Is it safe?
posted by pracowity at 10:29 PM on June 20, 2002

It's just an old idea made into a non-working mock up by a couple of art students. Somehow that's managed to pass for news/science.

Next week I'm unveiling my new invention, a pocket fusion reactor. It won't actually produce any power, but I think you'll agree it's a really great idea and I'll make sure it has a couple of pretty flashing lights.
posted by malevolent at 1:31 AM on June 21, 2002

It's so beautiful...
posted by Saima at 3:42 AM on June 21, 2002

Better than a Bone Phone! (A variation.) Apparently secretive prospectors like them on their metal detectors. Can't find the 1970s collarbone model anywhere.
posted by sheauga at 4:58 AM on June 21, 2002

bzzt bzzt

hello?

Hello Sir! I'm calling to tell you about our new rate plan...
posted by hob at 7:02 AM on June 21, 2002