fwd: I'm sure the uses are endless.

[claudia westermann]

// doesn't he know that unlike males we intuitively know where to go 
.. and that our mind // is full of harmonious dreams much better than 
music ?



http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.pearson/web/future/breastimplants.htm

Copyright Ian Pearson, BT Futurologist

The future of breast implants



Millions of women have breast implants. They used to be based mainly 
on silicone until there was a health scare and they moved over to 
using bags of saline solution. More recently, the health scares seem 
to have gone away, and silicone is starting a comeback.



Silicone sounds a bit like silicon, which of course is used in many 
electronic chips. That's because silicone gel is based on silicon. In 
fact, it is possible to make some electronic circuits based on 
silicone, though they are not well suited to heavy computing tasks. 
Other kinds of plastic can even be used to make organic displays 
(using organic LEDs). So knowing this as an engineer, it is now very 
hard for me to think of breast implants as purely decorative. I just 
can't help feeling that if a woman is going to have something 
implanted permanently, it might as well do something useful.



So why not still use a combination of silicone and other plastics in 
the implant, but do something useful with them? One implant could 
house a range of gadgetry such as an MP3 player and the other store 
the woman's entire music collection - we call this concept mammary 
memory! God provides her with two beautifully designed control knobs 
to select the track and adjust the volume. A Bluetooth link to a 
wireless headset avoid any need for messy wires. And a special bra 
could inductively charge them up. A mobile phone and PDA could be 
implanted too, also based on plastic. Vibration based alerts and 
appointment alarams might feel very pleasant, and would undoubtedly 
be used for sexual purposes on occasion, perhaps under remote control 
by her lover. A cute organic display panel could blend invisibly into 
the flesh most of the time and just become visible when selecting a 
track, dialling a friend, or using it for a video call. The body 
adornment possibilities of displays built into breasts probably 
aren't too compelling, I much prefer the natural effect, but some 
women might select a kaleidoscopic effect, or tailor their cleavage 
image to accessorise their clothes. Or if she has had a really hard 
night on the town, they might simply show 'this way up'.



And of course, there are now a wide range of medical monitors in use. 
If a woman is getting implants, she might as well get some of these 
installed, so that she can be alerted if a heart murmur develops, or 
her blood pressure increases, or she starts getting diabetes. Maybe 
even breast cancers could be diagnosed earlier. These might mean that 
her life expectancy increases because many medical problems could be 
diagnosed earlier.



The last suggestion I have is their uses for navigation and sensing. 
 The volume of a breast implant is easily enough to accommodate many 
devices, and a GPS navigation device would be another good contender 
for space. By again using vibration, a woman could feel which 
direction she needs to go in, or see arrows on a display, with maybe 
some tourist information. Other gadgets such as ego badges could be 
implanted to match her personality electronically with potential 
partners in a night club. I'm sure the uses are endless.