The idea of
cell phones has been around since the 1940’s when Dick Tracy used his wrist
phone to apprehend criminals.
There was
Maxwell Smart and his shoe phone,
and Star Wars and the flip-phone.
Practical
cell phones came around after 2000, and for the last twenty years phones have
become more innovative and more popular; and now a cell phone is probably the
most important object that everyone owns.
Elementary school
kids carry cell phones; and teenagers and young adults would be dysfunctional
without their phones.
Being and
old man from the days of telephones that were connected by telephone operators,
I often joke that if people could they would have their phones embedded in
their brains.
Now that is
not so far fetched.
A company
formed by Elon Musk is developing a devise that connects your brain to a
smartphone.
Dozens of wire implants will
be connected to a transmitter that tucks behind the ear like a hearing aid and
transmits signals to your computer or smart phone.
This is not
a new idea, as scientist have been testing brain implants on paralyzed patients,
allowing them to move computer cursors and robotic arms.
But now,
Musk predicts he will have a telepathy device for healthy people within a
decade.
Do you really
think that young people will not line up for 24/7 cell phone implants?
I have no doubt that within fifty years
everyone will be a walking cell phone.
the Ol’Buzzard
It's sad to think that iPhones are dumbing down humans at a fast pace and with the thought of phone implants it's getting to the point where you wonder what is going to happen the human race if we survive another 1000 years.
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