Bone Phone Bypasses Eardrums

No,
it doesn’t read your mind, just bypasses the eardrums by transfering the
call through bone vibrations!

Japanese telecom carriers,
pioneers of internet-capable and picture-snapping
handsets,
have now come up with the world’s first mobile phone that
enables users to listen to calls inside their heads – by conducting
sound through bone.

The TS41 handset, manufactured by electronics firm Sanyo, was put on
sale by the Tu-Ka mobile phone group this month, drawing healthy demand
from
customers who want to hear calls better in busy streets and other noisy
places.

The new phone is equipped with a "Sonic Speaker" which transmits
sounds through vibrations that move from the skull to the cochlea in the
inner ear, instead of relying on the usual method of sound hitting the
outer eardrum.

from smh.com.au