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I have actually seen a phone used to send signals from a pacemaker to the doctor's office. But seeing this technology become common to the home is kinda nifty.

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 21, 2010
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pretty neat, but you know its expensive!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/21/10 at 02:56 AM

WTF I've been working for Sears for the past 5 years and I DO SALES and I have never heard of this.... >.<

Besides the fact I have no idea what it actually does.

Posted by EmperorUnknown on 08/21/10 at 03:14 AM

i got it off the sears site under kenmore. it sends a modem like sound over the phone which the computer decifers and tells the customer service person what is wrong and whether it is a simple fix they can walk the owner through or requires a service call, which they set up. pretty nifty actually.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/21/10 at 03:29 AM

I'm sorry, what's so new about a machine making beeping noises? R2D2 squeaked and squawked until 3CPO was driven to distraction and that disk the little android from Flash Gordon carried around couldn't open it's mouth with out a bleep-a-dee-bleep first.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/21/10 at 04:47 AM

yeah, but umm... this is in real life and they can diagnose a problem remotely thus saving you an expensive service call if there is just a simple problem you can correct yourself. pretty cool don't cha think?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/21/10 at 10:09 AM

Ok... the disk thingie in Flash Gordon was a bit of a stretch but R2D2 is real, I've flown with him in my X-Wing through several missions and even over the death star!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/21/10 at 10:58 AM

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