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Magnets To Replace Bluetooth?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the but-i-just-got-my-bluetooth-stuff dept.

aceat64 writes "News.com is carrying a story that suggests magnets could eventually replace Bluetooth as a cheaper and more energy effiect wireless solution. The concept of magnetic induction isn't new, but Aura has managed to shrink the technology onto a single chip. The first device to be made using the technology is a wireless headset that will cost between $60 and $80."

17 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Replace bluetooth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about lack of ambition.

  2. YES! by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is JUST what we need! A bunch of wild magnetic fields around our electrical equipment! I can't wait to get an adapter for my computer, there's space in the case right next to my hard drive...

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    1. Re:YES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just wait for the neat hacks, like emitting signals to ALL headsets in range by computer controlled constant degaussing of your monitor.

      You won''t be able to see much and the monitor mightn't last long, but for long range gimmi^H^H^H^H^H^Hemergency broadcasts it can't be beat LALL!

    2. Re:YES! by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Look at those groovy colors on my screen, man! Totally psychadelic!

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  3. Can you hear me now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    All my credit cards seem to be erased.

  4. Does anyone think about the environment? by spektr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Expect carrier pigeons crashing into your cell phone.

  5. Hrmm by acehole · · Score: 4, Funny

    Magnets... the geek's natural enemy, even more so than fresh air and natural light.

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  6. Bad news.... by moehoward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bad news for Iron Man.

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  7. What's the attraction? by dcw3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm positively repelled by this, flux you very much.

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  8. AT least it'll keep the loonies happy by rde · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the hapless doofi who've spent years thinking a) magnets can heal them and b) phones can give them cancer must be delighted with this new headset; it'll fix those brain tumours right up.

    D'you think it's coincidence that the company who came up with this is called Aura?

  9. Eh? by BJH · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can you replace a technology that nobody actually *uses*?

  10. Child Labour? by nih · · Score: 5, Funny

    'At the heart of the new interest in what's known as "magnetic induction" is Aura, or so claims the nine-year-old chipmaker'

    quick, somebody stop these fiends!

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  11. I'm... by Raagshinnah · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm wearing metal braces, you insensitive clod!

  12. "could eventually" by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Funny

    also in news, segways could eventually replace cars on commuting, rocket packs could eventually replace aeroplanes, slashdotter could eventually get laid..

    you get it, anything could eventually do anything.

    (and bluetooth is not useless, obsolote tech. it's pretty useful, and if you're bitchin that you don't need a cellular then it really doesn't make much sense to bitch about not needing bluetooth fo r it)

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  13. Hmm... by DoorFrame · · Score: 4, Funny

    I installed one at my home yesterday, and today my hard drive isn't working and my monitor's got all sorts of funny colors on it. I'm posting this from work... I think I'll install one here to trouble shoot.

    Just a se

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  14. Replacing bluetooth? by Xerithane · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Hey, look over there it's bluetooth!"

    "What, where?"

    "Oh, sorry, you missed it."

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  15. Magnetic fields? by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear God! I don't think the aluminum foil in my deflector beanie is thick enough to handle all that! Quick, get me some sheet metal!