Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Sound of Silence

For anyone waiting for the doors to close on an airplane or riding mass transit, it is a thing to be devoutly wished for - something to silence those annoying cell phone talkers.

Ambient heard our silent pleas. The Audeo is its product to plug the pieholes of loud talkers everywhere. It is a neckband that intercepts speech signals between the brain and the larynx and creates speech.

In the case of cell phones, the person can simply think about what she wants to say and the device will push the speech to the phone so those around her cannot hear the words being spoken, but the person receiving the call can.



The device was developed to help the disabled communicate. But I can hardly wait to see people wearing their Audeo turtleneck and walking down the street in silence as they talk on the phone.

No comments: