Who needs a receiver when a finger will do? 1st wristwatch telephone

Paris - A Japanese company has invented the world's first wristwatch phone which works by transforming the user's finger into an earpiece, New Scientist says in next Saturday's issue.

The prototype gadget, Finger Whisper, consists of a wristband that converts digital signals into vibrations that are transmitted into the bones of the hand.

The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound signals for the brain.

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a high-tech wet willie!

Three businessmen, a Japanese, a Korean and a Canadian, are relaxing together enjoying a Sauna in a luxury resort after attending an international business conference. Suddenly there is a beeping sound and the Korean guy presses his belly button and the beeping stops.

The Korean explains, "I've got a pager built right into my stomach. It was surgically implanted into my stomach by a team of Korean surgeons and is the latest in Korean technology. Whenever my secretary needs me to call the office she knows that I'll get the page as I can never loose the pager or forget it somewhere. Excuse me while I go check in at the office and see what emergency has cropped up."

After a few minutes he returns and explains how he has been able to resolve some critical business issue that could have cost his company millions of dollars, had he been unavailable to resolve the problem.

A few minutes later there's a buzzing sound. The buzzing noise stops after the Japanese guy starts talking into the palm of his hand in Japanese in a very animated fashion. After he concludes the conversation he says. "I've got a cell phone built right into my hand. It's the latest in Japanese technology and one step up on my Korean friend's pager. Not only can I be contacted by the office any time day or night. But I can immediately carry on a two way conversation just by talking into this cell phone surgically implanted into my hand. As a matter of fact I just closed a deal worth a billion dollars, and I didn't even have to leave this sauna to do it.

A few minutes later the Canadian guy excuses himself to go to the washroom. After a while he returns and one of the sauna's occupants points out to him that he has accidentally left some toilet paper trailing from his butt. The Canadian guy is all flustered and embarrassed at first, but he is a quick thinker, "Oh that's OK," he says. "I've got a fax coming in."