• rmuk@feddit.uk
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        7 months ago

        Years ago, a British, Murdoch-owned, pay-TV company called Sky was piloting this on trains. The showreel for it literally showed weary commuters trying to rest their heads against the window being blasted with audio adverts through acoustic bone coupling. One of the most tone-deaf (pun intended) things I’ve ever seen.

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        7 months ago

        Omg even as a neonatologist who is horrified by this, I admit I can totally see this happening because #murrica

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      7 months ago

      As an aside, apparently they can see way better way earlier than common knowledge claims