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Army Commissions Tooth-Phones - Yazata - Sep 11, 2018
It's a tiny invisible microphone/speaker that clips to a rear molar. It picks up a person's voice and conducts sound to their ear through their tooth and skull. They say that it's especially good for extremely noisy environments.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/military-now-has-tooth-mics-invisible-hands-free-radio-calls/151145/
It's called 'Molar Mic' manufactured by a company called Sonitus Technologies, in San Mateo not far from my home!
http://www.sonitustechnologies.com/sonitus-technologies-wins-multi-million-dollar-dod-award-for-molar-mic/
http://www.sonitustechnologies.com/
It's a project of the Department of Defense's very cool Defense Innovation Unit, kind of a venture capital firm for outside-the-box military technology.
https://diux.mil/portfolio
RE: Army Commissions Tooth-Phones - C C - Sep 11, 2018
Quote:The same technology holds the potential for far more rich biometric communication between operators and their commanders, allowing soldiers in the field and their team to get a timely sense of how the soldier is responding to pressure or injury, without him or her having to communicate all of that explicitly. It’s something that the military is working toward.
Always a delight to see another incremental step toward the hive mind and an ay-eye of Providence.
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RE: Army Commissions Tooth-Phones - Syne - Sep 11, 2018
Sounds like something that would be useful to the ASMR people.
RE: Army Commissions Tooth-Phones - Secular Sanity - Sep 11, 2018
(Sep 11, 2018 06:10 AM)C C Wrote: Always a delight to see another incremental step toward the hive mind and an ay-eye.
Aww, cute story, C C. It reminded me of this little sad animation.
That’s us, you know. That’s what we’re going to get stuck with.