Thanks Peter. I remember reading of mobile phones being made in Japan a few years back for the Olympics there. Actually, though, my first introduction to bone conduction devices was, as someone else mentioned, a hearing test. That was many years ago, and I remember thinking what a brilliant approach to sending sound to the ears that technology was. I have been amazed since then at not hearing anything to speak of about its use. Thanks again, Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zorro" <blindfold@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <asvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: [asvs] Re: When Would Synthetic Vision be Useful? > Hi Jerry, > > You can find a recent article on bone conduction transducers > that are on the market or under development in Wired News at > the URL > > http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,64963,00.html > > The article is titled "High-Tech Hearing Bypasses Ears". > > Best regards, > > Peter Meijer > > > Seeing with Sound - The vOICe > http://www.seeingwithsound.com > http://www.visualprosthesis.com > >