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

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 5, 2013 @06:44AM 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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Using bone conduction, what a coincidence by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-05 06:48 · Score: 5, Funny

I was thinking of using bone fragmentation to help my local railway planners understand how I feel about their ossified asininity.
...and in others news... by raydobbs · 2013-07-05 06:48 · 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...