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Sky Deutschland to broadcast adverts directly into train passengers' heads
uktelegraph ^
| 5:44PM BST 03 Jul 2013
| Andrew Trotman
Posted on 07/05/2013 12:49:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Passengers leaning their head against the window will "hear" adverts "coming from inside the user's head", urging them to download the Sky Go app.
The proposal involves using bone conduction technology, which is used in hearing aids, headphones and Google's Glass headset, to pass sound to the inner ear via vibrations through the skull.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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Guess now people who want to avoid it will have to fall asleep on the shoulders of the strangers who are in the aisle seats.
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posted on
07/05/2013 12:49:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Yeah that will never be abused.
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posted on
07/05/2013 12:55:24 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
My first thought as well.
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posted on
07/05/2013 12:56:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Aluminum foil will defeat the voices, so I’m told.
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posted on
07/05/2013 12:59:11 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: BenLurkin
The proposal involves using bone conduction technology, which is used in hearing aids, headphones and Google's Glass headset, to pass sound to the inner ear via vibrations through the skull.
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
07/05/2013 1:06:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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posted on
07/05/2013 2:06:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
Just as I use ad blockers on my browser, I'll have to start using it on train windows.
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posted on
07/05/2013 2:35:00 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: BenLurkin
Until we can zot politicians hiding behind full voicemail and in-boxes I’m not all that impressed.
Can’t imagine this would have any untintended consequences, though, oh no, it’ll never set off any paranoid schizophrenics.
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