March 22, 2007 10:22 AM PDT
When your skull is the best speaker
(Credit: Akihabara News)Are we the only ones who get freaked out by the idea of having soundwaves shooting through our bones? Apparently so, judging by the number of products on the market that do just that.
The latest skeleton-rattling device comes from China, where a company called Temco just released a "bone conduction" Bluetooth headset that forgoes the usual earpieces and sends your tunes via vibrations directly through your skull, Akihabara News reports. But it looks kind of clunky, especially considering that it apparently doesn't have a built-in MP3 player as similar products do. And what good are these things if you can't take them under water?
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Easter Island Audio and Video has anncounced a new lo-tech version of the bon-conduction sound machine.
A large man(named Bunga) with a club walks around behind you. Select a song on you IPod and Bunga will beat out the music on your skull with his club. Bone conduction does the rest.
"Other than a certain amount of blood-spatter, I think it's just great"' says Prefontaine Tentious, offical spokesman for Easter Island Audio and Video. He was wearing a hospital gown, a large bloody turban of bandages and appeared to be slurring his speech slightly.
The only reported drawback is if the user asks for a tune that Bunga does not know. Bunga the plays a different tune on your noggin' while saying, "Bunga don't play dat."
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http://www.temco-j.co.jp/english/index.html