Comments on: Video: Bluetooth, the next generation

By: Reaps

Reaps — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:50:25 +0000

Well, maybe S&M enthusiasts won’t mind wearing a friggin’ dog collar as a mobile phone..

But it has potential, no doubt

By: darkpixel

darkpixel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:31:56 +0000

My wife had a tracheotomy placed for a few months in 2002.

I could not lip read worth a damn. Eventually they got a special valve to go over the trache tube. This would have been a miracle for her. It would be a God send to quadriplegics who are often trached for their whole lives.

Of course, I could all ways take the valve OFF to shut her up….

(My wife was fighting Non-hodgkins lymphoma, and spent over 6 months in the hospital… She’s been cancer free since summer of 02. And she breaths on her own…)

By: SkinnerVic

SkinnerVic — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:50:54 +0000

I see slamming applications for lame/disfunctional card counters to have a computer help them…

The ALS thing is HUGE – I’ve been around folks afflicted, and boy would it return some dignity.

By: AverageJoe

AverageJoe — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:34:45 +0000

hhju gvnashj jkjuujjh hjjbsdbsa jhhjashady hasdsahsdh hhhs jhsywy hhjhashashj hheyyuwq !

HHjuy nbhhy rreed hlksk uuuyhbs mbvnhghy?

Oops, sorry. Looks like that bluetooth/thought thing doesnt work so well yet.

By: aikidoka

aikidoka — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:16:23 +0000

Jane and Andrew Wiggin would approve ;-)

By: tickleddragon

tickleddragon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:19:05 +0000

Creepy and headed off the wrong direction.

By: mikeyboss

mikeyboss — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:04:29 +0000

These bastards are going to put the “Mom and Pop” ventriloquists out of business.

By: TexasDan

TexasDan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:50:04 +0000

Wasn’t there an elevator like this in Hitchiker’s guide?

By: pueblo1032

pueblo1032 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:36:15 +0000

AP, MM ain’t gonna buy this either!!! (try sneaking it onto the old expense account).

By: Seixon

Seixon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:30:07 +0000

I dunno, I don’t like the thought of people walking around holding their cellphones without talking. Freaks me out thinking about it. Only slightly more than the seeing people using their hands-free, appearing to talk to themselves when they’re actually on the phone.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:49 +0000

This will end badly. My mind tends to wander. Especially when addressing an ~~attractive~~ any female. Not good.

By: King of Fools

King of Fools — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:45:06 +0000

So if you are walking down the street and think “where is the nearest pizza joint”. Just as the internet connection starts to interpret what you are thinking…a very attractive young woman walks by and steals your attention for a moment…

I’m curious what effect that would have on the search results.

By: q2600

q2600 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:43:25 +0000

Every action you take is actually sent twice through your nerves; once as a preparatory command, with a millisecond delay to decide whether to actually execute (the scientific proof of free will) and a second time as an actual command to move.
Apparently, this device can pick up the first, non-committed signal.

By: wearyman

wearyman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:40:51 +0000

snaggletoothie on March 14, 2008 at 10:12 AM
and rihar on March 14, 2008 at 10:29 AM

Basically, the vocal chords ARE being used. However, speaking is much more than just twanging your voice box. There is throat shape and aperture, and mouth and tongue movement as well.

If you keep your throat mostly closed (in “silent breathing” mode) and your mouth shut and tongue still, the most sound you will get is a sort of gulping and grunting sound, mixed with some low vowel sounds. Reasonably quiet, and with some practice you could probably reduce even that to a minimum.

Very interesting technology

By: pilamaye

pilamaye — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:24 +0000

So if Eliot Spitzer is walking down the street wearing one of these devices and he just thinks the word “action”, does he then get a listing of all the brothels within a 10 block radius?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:12 +0000

Hmm…

If I uttered the first words that come to mind or those initial thoughts where immediately translated into speech…

Two main things would happen:
1. I would get slapped a lot.
2. I would get in a lot of fights.

But then this question:

So,if this is working on the neuronal command to the vocal chords, why aren’t the vocal chords obeying the commands?

snaggletoothie on March 14, 2008 at 10:12 AM

Probably much like a good ventriloquist in that the vocal chords are obeying the commands, or at least there are nerve impulses of some kind interacting with the neck device.

By: rihar

rihar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:29:16 +0000

If his vocal chords aren’t being used then how is his voice, with inflection, being broadcast? How does it sound the same as his voice? Just askin’ is all.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:27:39 +0000

Dude.

umm….that’s all I can say. Dude.

By: snaggletoothie

snaggletoothie — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:12:50 +0000

So,if this is working on the neuronal command to the vocal chords, why aren’t the vocal chords obeying the commands?

By: Frozen Tex

Frozen Tex — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:05:56 +0000

You would have to know when to turn it off, or put the mental brakes on – you don’t want this device blurting out every thought you have!

LimeyGeek on March 14, 2008 at 9:58 AM

Would give the phrase “Oh,was that out loud?” whole new meaning…

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:58:04 +0000

Doesn’t seem to work very well. Good.

By: LimeyGeek

LimeyGeek — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:58:03 +0000

You would have to know when to turn it off, or put the mental brakes on – you don’t want this device blurting out every thought you have!

By: right2bright

right2bright — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:57:42 +0000

I could see that coming in handy for our Special Ops guys for times when silence is absolutely necessary.

IreneFingIrene on March 14, 2008 at 9:53 AM

Except for the ringing of the phone, and cold play’s latest hits give away your position.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:53:23 +0000

Your technology frightens and confuses me.

By: IreneFingIrene

IreneFingIrene — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:53:10 +0000

I could see that coming in handy for our Special Ops guys for times when silence is absolutely necessary.