If you remove a cell phone's plastic exterior, you'll find all kinds
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and devices attach to a printed circuit board. These include:
A microprocessor, which acts like the phone's brainFlash memory and readonly
memory (ROM)Analogtodigital and digitaltoanalog convertersA radio transmitter
and receiverA speaker and a microphoneConnectors for the phone's buttons,
screens and antennaConnections for charging cords and headsetsSome models have
GPS and Bluetooth receivers. Many new phones also have builtin digital camera
lenses and sensors, as well as storage space for pictures and videos. Some
phones even have the circuitry and storage space required to store and play
MP3s. The more parts there are and the more impressive the phone's capabilities,
the larger and stronger the phone's battery has to be. In many cell phones, the
battery as almost as large as the printed circuit board it powers.
Combined, the circuit board, its components and the battery make up about
half of the phone's bulk. The rest comes from the screen, the keys and the outer
plastic case. Since an implant has to be much smaller than a traditional cell
phone, a good first step in making one is getting rid of these three elements.
For this reason, a cellphone implant does not have a typical user interface
(UI). It uses the person's body instead.
Taking the place of a keypad is a sixaxis piezoelectric accelerometer
attached to the angle of the mandible, or the jawbone. This accelerometer can
detect when the jaw opens and closes or moves from side to side. Since the jaw
moves along with a person's head, the accelerometer also detects head movements.
It does this using crystals that create electrical pulses when they change
shape. You can read How the Nike + iPod Works to learn more about these
crystals.
After receiving the cellphone implant, the user learns a series of head and
jaw gestures that control the phone. This is similar to the stylus shorthand
used with older PDAs. It's also a little like sign language, but it uses the
head and jaw instead of the hands. Before beginning a gesture, the user touches
a small on/off switch located on the mastoid process, a bony protrusion on the
skull just behind and below the ear. This lets the implant know to be ready for
the user's input and prevents it from mistaking ordinary conversation or
movement for gestures. The user can also turn the implant completely off by
holding the switch down for three seconds.
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