elwoodblues

As much as I keep up with science and technology, somethings still surprise the hell out of me.

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1879000/1879247.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1879000/1879247.stm</a>

I'll want to see how effective it is, and what kind of sound production it gets. But even so, that is too cool.

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"At the heart of the Soundbug is a small piece of a material called Terfenol-D, originally developed by the US military for sonar work.

"It's 60% iron with a couple of rare earth elements in it and it's grown like a piece of silicon," explained Mr May.

"When you put it in a magnetic field, it moves very slightly, perhaps a micron or so, but with an enormous force of maybe 400 pounds," he said.

"So it turns whatever it's attached to into a sounding board," he added."

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And you can press it up to your skull to get REAL freaky... I want one. How much in real money is £30?

Bill Snedden

It does sound pretty cool, although I did notice that they are not touting it as "hi-fi." I wonder just how good the sound quality is?

Anyway, at today's rate, £30.00 is about $43.00.

Bill