Add "movie directors" to the potential market. Ron Howard had something
literally described, by Tom Hanks, as an "underwater phone booth" for the
filming of "Splash." Hanks' impression of Ron Howard directing under these
circumstances is gut-splittingly funny.
-m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Sampson" <cjs@cynic.net>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:00 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Underwater Phonebooth
>
>
> So I just got this in my CommWeb weekly telephone
> bulletin: (which you can probably subscribe to from
> http://lyris.mfi.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=telecomweekly).
>
> 2. WEIRDLY WIRED
>
> An Underwater Phonebooth
>
> France Telecom has invented a phonebooth that works underwater.
> A UK-based news source is reporting that the system comprises
> a buoy fitted with a GSM phone relay that connects to an
> underwater phone booth. The terminal is connected to the buoy
> by a wire, and is equipped with a telephone keyboard. A special
> mouthpiece prevents the user from drowning while using the phone.
>
> The product is pitched at "professionals working underwater",
> presumably divers, archeologists and victims of rising sea levels.
> France Telecom is planning to roll out the system in 2002. The
> company is investigating a cordless version of the technology
> that dispenses with the phone box and uses ultrasound or weak
> electrical currents.
>
> I particuarly like the bit about it being useful for "victims of rising
> sea levels."
>
> I guess this is not exactly keitai, even though it uses that technology.
> After all, I see plenty of ISDN phone booths around here with a big FM
> antenna sticking out the top; I would guess that they use PHS or whatever.
> (Does anyone know?)
>
> cjs
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