this new piece of technology has been recently exhibited at the Science museum in London and due to its simplicity and low cost installation, is said to be on the market shortly. Essentially this micro technology will turn your blue tooth device into a "blue molar" in which you will be able to internalize sound and receive calls through bone resonance. Imagine being able to hear your alarm clock without waking up your partner, or being able to walk around speaking non stop like a crazy person when really you are on an important business call with Donald Trump. The installation procedure is comparable to getting a filling which isn't too bad and lets face it, everyone loves laughing gas. My main concern with this product would be a sort of combination between Y2K, that Steven king movie Christine (where the possessed car comes to life), and that terrible M. Night Shayamalan movie, The happening, that no one saw. we would be living in a world where our teeth dictated our every move. The Hershey chocolate factory would be the fist to go. people would be squeezing tubes of toothpaste down their throats as if it was the elixer of life. main cause of death in this dental-driven future: spearmint overdose.
imagine this shit in your mouth. its on in 2012
Another art project that I found to be equally as terrifying is the work of artist and photography professor at NYU, Wafaa Bilal. By surgically implanting a camera into the back of his head which will take a picture every minute, Bilal has created a sort of commentary on how our privacy has been compromised by technology. Binal explains that with this new generation comes a level of comfort in having our picture taken unknowingly at any given time. These pictures are streamed live to an exhibit in Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar for the entire year that the camera is attached to his dome. I'm not sure if compromising my sleep for an entire year would be worth countless pictures of blank walls and pillows but I understand the point that Bilal is making and I applaud the extent to which he has gone in order to exploit his surrounding to the fullest. However, I fear the day that overbearing mothers catch wind of this operation. There will be no hope for the hand in the cookie jar.
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