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The above picture is kind concession of Fiona Raby & Anthony Dunne, curators of the What If section of the First Beijing International Design Triennial.

What would happen if we could transfer and receive information through one of our teeth? Soon, such a 007-souding technology could actually be available to the public.
Designed by Jimmy Loizeau and James Auger, research associates from MIT Media Lab Europe, the Audio Tooth Implant will come to Design Week as part of the sub-theme exhibition “What If” held in occasion of the First Beijing International Design Triennial.
Audio Tooth Implant is a radical new concept in personal communication. A miniature audio output device and receiver can be implanted into a natural tooth with the aid of basic dental surgery. The concept device picks up signals with a radio receiver and uses a tiny vibrating plate to convey them as sound along the jawbone to a person’s ear.
The Audio Tooth Implant is currently a conceptual proposition only supposed to help stimulate debate about future wearable computing devices and to help explore the social and cultural ramifications of in-body technology.
Making use of mass communication marketing strategies, the Audio Tooth Implant aims to shift the debate from exhibitions into public spheres.