Apparently in Korea, scientists have come up with a way to replace your earphone cords with your own skin. I guess this could lead to implantable earbuds paired with a wristwatch-style iPod or similar device. Wouldn't that be cool? We wouldn't ever need car stereos or home theater sound systems! All we need is a bluetooth adapter installed in the big toe and we don't ever have to touch our cellphones again!
I may be joking, but I actually love this idea. I hate carrying anything in my hands, and I loathe holding a telephone up to my ear. I battle with headphone cords constantly as I listen to my iPod every day. I also favor the integration of our bodies into technology, or vice versa, within limits of course. I'm not sure I want a GPS transmitter in the top of my head or a government-mandated tracking device in the anus, but it would be nice to be able to communicate with an integrated phone.
I think it would be really cool if the chips could actually draw power from your body as well. Then we'd only need to eat right to keep a good charge.
Now there's an idea.
The new diet - eat right, get plenty of exercise, and rest peacefully or you can't use the telephone. It could be fashioned so that if the owner eats a jelly donut, he or she can't talk on the phone for two hours or until they've run a half-mile.
Of course this integrated system would have us running around seemingly talking to ourselves, looking like a bunch of crazies. The bluetooth headsets are already making people look like fools (no offense - I have small ears and can't wear one) as they walk around chatting to their imaginary friends, who probably wear the same Star Trek earpiece too.
In that case, forget I said anything.
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