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Real Bluetooth Tooth

The device, called the dDrive, is a Bluetooth enabled 512mb hardrive that can be implanted as a tooth.
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A hard drive? Come on. If someone was even going to do something like this, it'd have to be some kind of very low power-consumption solid state memory stuff.

It's fake.

This part's also pretty sketchy:
Airlines in the US have already indicated that they will completely support and promote the dDrive
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Yeah right. Someone could edit the data on the drive, or fool the airport's scanner into thinking another bluetooth device was the dDrive. I don't see why they'd offer benefits ("expedited checkins and discounted tickets") to ppl with this... it's more likely to complicate security checks IMO.
 
It doesn't say that it a currently shipping product, but a prototype design. It won't be long before someone could fit 512meg of memory in an area that small.
 
Originally posted by: handydave
It doesn't say that it a currently shipping product, but a prototype design. It won't be long before someone could fit 512meg of memory in an area that small.
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Size of the electronics isn't the problem, the problem is power. You'd need a VERY efficent way to transfer heat to electrical energy to make it possible.
 
Originally posted by: blazert40
come one, wth would anyone belive this? complete B.S.
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I wouldn't be surprised if someone, somewhere tried to prototype this, and I imagine it would be incredibly useful in the intelligence sector. Honestly, if I had a fake tooth I'd love to replace it with one of these, but there just isn't currently a power supply good enough to power it, except MAYBE nuclear (electricity from radiactive decay, we're not talking about reactors) but I would NOT want that next to soft tissue.
 
Originally posted by: Chu
Originally posted by: blazert40
come one, wth would anyone belive this? complete B.S.
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I wouldn't be surprised if someone, somewhere tried to prototype this, and I imagine it would be incredibly useful in the intelligence sector. Honestly, if I had a fake tooth I'd love to replace it with one of these, but there just isn't currently a power supply good enough to power it, except MAYBE nuclear (electricity from radiactive decay, we're not talking about reactors) but I would NOT want that next to soft tissue.
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maybe it could employ some rfid tech for power.
 
Originally posted by: User1001
Originally posted by: Chu
Originally posted by: blazert40
come one, wth would anyone belive this? complete B.S.
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I wouldn't be surprised if someone, somewhere tried to prototype this, and I imagine it would be incredibly useful in the intelligence sector. Honestly, if I had a fake tooth I'd love to replace it with one of these, but there just isn't currently a power supply good enough to power it, except MAYBE nuclear (electricity from radiactive decay, we're not talking about reactors) but I would NOT want that next to soft tissue.
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maybe it could employ some rfid tech for power.
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What about some kind of piezoelectric power source that charges a (very small) battery as you chew food or move your jaw?
 
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