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Sky Deutschland Considering Using Bone Conduction To Force Ads On Train Riders

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-rail-transportation-has-been-too-good-for-too-long dept.

KindMind writes "Sky Deutschland is considering a proposal to use bone conduction to broadcast ads to train riders. The idea is that the riders rest their heads against a part of the train, like the train window, and then bone conduction would broadcast ads directly into their ears."

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  1. Using bone conduction, what a coincidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was thinking of using bone fragmentation to help my local railway planners understand how I feel about their ossified asininity.

  2. ...and in others news... by raydobbs · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the incident of violent vandalism aboard trams and trains rose exponentially after the introduction of technology that, to paraphrase a gibbering offender led away in a straight jacket, '...puts goddamn voices in your head..." Advertisers are calling it a new age in advertising and psychotropic drug manufacturers report a boom in sales. More at 11...

  3. Get all the ladies with a strai(gh)t jacket by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    to paraphrase a gibbering offender led away in a straight jacket

    As opposed to a gay jacket?

  4. Look at the positive side of this.. by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    once someone figures out how to hack into the ad server all kinds of chaos and hilarity can ensue, Ja?

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    I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
  5. Re:I'm holding out for by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    treppaning.

    If anyone ever figures out how telepathy can work, I predict WW III will be between advertisers and a very angry public.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar