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Related: About this forumTalking train window adverts tested in Germany ("appears to come from inside your head")
The idea would use bone conduction technology, a technique that transmits sound to the inner ear by passing vibrations through the skull.
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"Tired commuters often rest their heads against windows," says the ad.
"Suddenly a voice inside their head is talking to them. No-one else can hear this message."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23167112
Oh yes, I can see that really helping a tired commuter. Why wouldn't you want to think you're hallucinating, at the end of a long day?
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"](1) Sudden swarms of broken train windows will begin to occur.
(2) Entrepreneurs will offer for sale a variety of pillows specially designed for leaning against these windows and canceling the conduction of any sound.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)windows with both sound and video.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And other than those who just endure, we'll have the same outcomes: Destruction or entrepreneurial cancellation.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)This is a terrible idea. I mean absolutely terrible. People love getting email spam, text message spam, and adware. Why wouldn't they like it in their heads too?
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I would never buy their products again, and would actively try to spread the boycott.
What sort of idiot thought this up?
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)However I can see much mischief be done with this tech. Good for practical joking.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)A nice soft repeating voice of god telling you to take your clothes off and run down the length of the train.
That one hit me first, I'm sure there are tons of better ones that are more likely to work.
longship
(40,416 posts)bananas
(27,509 posts)Warpy
(111,270 posts)by people on the edge who are just not going to take that kind of intrusion kindly.
It's time to restrict where and how advertisers can ply their trades.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)Really creepy "inside" feel to it.
eppur_se_muova
(36,266 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)sounds a little like the wheels rattling on the rails.