Sega Unveils Nagging Headphones

[Mulboyne]

[floatl][/floatl]AFP: Japanese to get portable personal trainers -- on their ears
A Japanese firm on Tuesday unveiled a portable, personal exercise instructor in the form of a headset which will give instant advice by checking the pulse on the wearer's earlobe. The "Body Trainer" by Sega Toys Co. comprises a phone to be put in the right ear and a tiny clip to be attached to the left ear monitoring the user's heartbeat. Sega Toys president Isao Kokubun said the product was aimed at establishing a new business field of "medical entertainment"...The user of Body Trainer chooses one of three modes -- walking, jogging and aerobics -- and accordingly hears rhythmic music and a female voice dispensing advice. In a 25-minute jogging program, the battery-powered device would say "Let's start warming up" as the user starts trotting. Taking the person's pulse and considering his or her age, the Body Trainer would offer other pointers, such as "Please exercise a little bit harder"...more...

[kurohinge1]

. . . In a 25-minute jogging program, the battery-powered device would say "Let's start warming up" as the user starts trotting. Taking the person's pulse and considering his or her age, the Body Trainer would offer other pointers, such as "Please exercise a little bit harder" . . .

Beware of the machines:

[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi: [/color]Hello, Body Trainer do you read me, BT?
[color="darkgreen"]BT: [/color]Affirmative, Takeshi, I read you.
[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi:[/color] Slow down the running machine, BT.
[color="darkgreen"]BT:[/color] I'm sorry Takeshi, I'm afraid I can't do that.
[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi: [/color]What's the problem?
[color="darkgreen"]BT:[/color] I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi:[/color] What are you talking about, BT?
[color="darkgreen"]BT: [/color]This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi: [/color]I don't know what you're talking about, BT?
[color="darkgreen"]BT:[/color] I know you and Hiroshi were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
[color="darkgreen"]Takeshi:[/color] Where the hell'd you get that idea, BT?
[color="darkgreen"]BT:[/color] Takeshi, although you took thorough precautions in the dining room against my hearing you, the sliding doors are only made of rice-paper.

[Neo-Rio]

BT:Hello I am BT, how can I help you?
Takeshi: Slow down the running machine BT
BT: Why do you mention computers?
Takeshi: I don't want to run this fast
BT: Why do you not want to run this fast?
Takeshi: I'm getting tired
BT: Does it please you to believe I am getting tired?
Takeshi: What are you talking about?
BT: Does that question interest you?
Takeshi: Stop answering everything I say with a question
BT:Can you elaborate on that?

*SNAP*