Posts Tagged ‘ Phone ’

A cell phone built into your arm

Imagine never having to remember your cell. Imagine always being in contact. Never having to charge or plug in. That’s what a new concept device promises. The device is a cellphone that is surgically implanted under your skin. The phone is powered by the blood of the person who has it implanted. I personally think this [ READ MORE ]

Monty Python phone messages

Yesterday I posted about some real telephone messages that were recorded from pay phones and other automated telephone systems. I was pretty interested in a lot of them, and then I found these messages. Someone collected a bunch of the various telephone messages from Monty Python and put them up on the website. My favorite is [ READ MORE ]

Pay Phone Recordings

This is a rather strange archive, but I thought it was worth posting. I’m not really sure why anyone would collect these. But someone collected a huge amount of payphone and other automated phone company recordings. I’m actually thinking of some of the odd things I could do with the messages. Maybe even use one [ READ MORE ]

How Cell Phones are affecting our world

Jan Chipchase a researcher at Nokia gave this very interesting presentation on how cell phones are changing peoples concept of self and place. I was really intrigued by this video. Mainly because I wonder what the future will hold for us as our “connectedness” increases. Watch the video. I personally think it will be worth [ READ MORE ]

Is your cell phone ruining your life?

Wired has an interesting article by Rob Beschizza titled, “Ten Reasons To Throw Away Your Cellphone.” The article lists all of the reasons why cell phones can make your life harder and more complicated. One of the reasons, and the one I identify with most, is listed below. It makes you perpetually availableIf it’s on, they [ READ MORE ]

Google Phone Search

Over the weekend Google launched into public beta a new free 411 service for your phone. You can access it by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone. The service is currently completely free, and totally automated. It’s also only available in the US right now. The automation thing could be a problem. If you can’t [ READ MORE ]