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AfterShokz Earless Headphones Buzz Your Cheekbones

Posted January 12, 2012 7:10 AM

From CNET News:

AfterShokz headphones skip the ears completely and use bone conduction technology to deliver your tunes right into your skull.

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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#1 Re: AfterShokz Earless Headphones Buzz Your Cheekbones 01/12/2012 7:54 AM
	OK. What's bext - a surgically-implanted USB port? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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KJK/USA Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Mid Western USA - The Corn Belt Posts: 1439 Good Answers: 58	#2 In reply to #1 Re: AfterShokz Earless Headphones Buzz Your Cheekbones 01/12/2012 9:26 AM
	It's funny you should ask PWS............................................ Joe walks into a bar and orders a double scotch. As Joe is sitting there sipping his drink he notices a guy at the other end of the bar talking into his hand. Joe asks the bar tender "Hey whats up with that guy?". The bartender responds "That's Charlie, he recently had a cell phone implanted in his hand!" Joe is absolutely amazed. Joe notices Charlie get up and go into the restroom. Joe's curiosity gets the better of him and he walks into the restroom and finds Charlie with is pants around his ankles, leaning with both hands planted on the wall and a roll of toilet paper wedged between his arse cheeks. Un-fazed by the spectacle in front of him, Joe comments "Hey buddy, I wanted to ask you about your cell phone implant" With that, Charlie looks over his shoulder at Joe and says " just a minute partner, I can't talk right now, I've got a fax coming in". __________________ The first 5 days after a weekend are always the hardest................................
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 In reply to #2 Re: AfterShokz Earless Headphones Buzz Your Cheekbones 01/12/2012 11:08 AM
	__________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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Wal Guru Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phnom Penh Posts: 4019 Good Answers: 102	#4 Re: AfterShokz Earless Headphones Buzz Your Cheekbones 01/13/2012 1:42 AM
	I find wearing earphones very disorienting. Missing out on aural clues in the environment makes things harder to do for some reason. Driving is particularly difficult with headphones on. Loud music in the car is not the same. The idea has been around for a while now and it's good to see it coming down in price to a commodity level. I'll keep my ears open for some cheap knock-offs here. __________________ Difficulty is not an obstacle it is merely an attribute.
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