Germans still number 2 in useless but interesting inventions

[furie]

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/10/touched-echo-interactive-exhibit-uses-bone-conduction-technology/

Interactive Exhibit Uses Bone Conduction Technology

I think that's fucking cool.


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[PanterA]

Yeah thats kinda cool. You're outdoors, you have your hands over your head, looking down, and all you can hear is a bomb raid? Thats pretty intense.

The science of it is also interesting.

[dino_electropolis]

Thats pretty bad ass......

now, if they can also rig the metal in subway cars to give the strap hanger the sensation of a smell that masks body odor, it would be nobel prize worthy.

[AngelAmy]

thats pretty cool

now I want my flying car dammit!!

[BlackSpider]

I saw the words "Germans" and "number 2" and I thought this thread was about something else...

[thejives]

This thing might push them to number 1:

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[Freakshow]

I saw the words "Germans" and "number 2" and I thought this thread was about something else...

The BMW Sauber Formula One team, right?????

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/097d7fN3PD8xk/610x.jpg

[PanterA]

This thing might push them to number 1:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_citFkSNtk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_citFkSNtk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>That thing is bad ass, yet I dont see it proforming well in an open environment.

[thejives]

I say let 'em invent all the useless crap they want.

Just no more armies.

[BoondockSaint]

I'd hardly call the ShamWow useless.