Comments on: Bone Fone (Nov, 1980) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Blarg › Not That You Asked About “Not That You Asked” http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1082987 Blarg › Not That You Asked About “Not That You Asked” Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:02:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1082987 [...] can pry my Bone Fone from my cold, dead [...] [...] can pry my Bone Fone from my cold, dead [...]

]]> By: The BIG Reveal! - Autopia.org http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1076489 The BIG Reveal! - Autopia.org Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:18:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1076489 [...] Re: The BIG Reveal! Reminds me of the Bone Fone ... people used to wear these cycling, skiing, etc. back in the 80's. Bone Fone [...] [...] Re: The BIG Reveal! Reminds me of the Bone Fone … people used to wear these cycling, skiing, etc. back in the 80's. Bone Fone [...]

]]> By: Skate and Annoy » Archive » Bone Phone head http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1074770 Skate and Annoy » Archive » Bone Phone head Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:12:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1074770 [...] Shake is the name of this modern day adaptation of the Bone Phone. You plug this thing into your iPod, and then attach it to back of your helmet where it vibrates [...] [...] Shake is the name of this modern day adaptation of the Bone Phone. You plug this thing into your iPod, and then attach it to back of your helmet where it vibrates [...]

]]> By: WJ http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1072387 WJ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:01:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1072387 Some of... NO most of the best technologies get lost and burried under more effective marketing of mediocre crap. Awesome technology lost in the Walkman hype. I could listen to my music, barely audible to others around and have very enjoyable Rock listening levels. Note: I could hear and quickly entrained my self to hear neurophone technologies which completely bypasses the ears and introduces sound directly into the brain via skin contacts. To those who made negative comments, your perception and or biometrics prevented the advertised sensation which is very real. My whole crew worked with these on for months. Mostly young fit guys (hint on biometrics) The safety issues of headphones or earbuds was totally handled leaving ears open. They could get a little hot and sweaty around the neck, hence the washable cover. All in all a very great concept that could now be reconfigured and made into a winner with the non-obese listening public THE GIZ Some of… NO most of the best technologies get lost and burried under more effective marketing of mediocre crap.

Awesome technology lost in the Walkman hype. I could listen to my music, barely audible to others around and have very enjoyable Rock listening levels. Note: I could hear and quickly entrained my self to hear neurophone technologies which completely bypasses the ears and introduces sound directly into the brain via skin contacts.
To those who made negative comments, your perception and or biometrics prevented the advertised sensation which is very real. My whole crew worked with these on for months. Mostly young fit guys (hint on biometrics) The safety issues of headphones or earbuds was totally handled leaving ears open. They could get a little hot and sweaty around the neck, hence the washable cover. All in all a very great concept that could now be reconfigured and made into a winner with the non-obese listening public

THE GIZ

]]> By: Allan B http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1071912 Allan B Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1071912 I worked for JS&A for 5 yrs. I had a Bonefone and wish I still had it. The owner of the company is the same guy who brought out Blue Blocker sun glasses. Joe Sugerman developed the full page advertising concept, starting with the pocket calculator when the prices dropped to a level most people can afford back in the mid/late '70s. Also he was the first to use 800 phone number to place credit card orders. I worked for JS&A for 5 yrs. I had a Bonefone and wish I still had it. The owner of the company is the same guy who brought out Blue Blocker sun glasses. Joe Sugerman developed the full page advertising concept, starting with the pocket calculator when the prices dropped to a level most people can afford back in the mid/late ’70s. Also he was the first to use 800 phone number to place credit card orders.

]]> By: Dick DeBartolo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1070783 Dick DeBartolo Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:13:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1070783 If anyone has a working fone bone in the NYC area, I'd just like to hear it! In exchange you can have a tour of MAD Magazine. Dick DeBartolo, The Giz Wiz, and MAD's Maddest Writer. You can contact me via my website: http://www.gizwiz.biz. Thanks! If anyone has a working fone bone in the NYC area, I’d just like to hear it! In exchange you can have a tour of MAD Magazine. Dick DeBartolo, The Giz Wiz, and MAD’s Maddest Writer. You can contact me via my website: http://www.gizwiz.biz. Thanks!

]]> By: Ouisch http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1069418 Ouisch Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:15:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1069418 I remember seeing those BoneFone ads and desperately wanting one....finally found a local store that sold them and tried it on. My brother was standing several feet away and was able to identify the song playing. So it wasn't as "personal" as advertised. Luckily the first Sony Walkman debuted not too long afterward, and a neighbor of ours owned a Sony store, so my Dad bought me one as soon as Neighbor got some in stock. It wasn't a radio, but it was better - I could tape my own music and hear it privately in stereo. I took that thing *everywhere* and played to death. I remember seeing those BoneFone ads and desperately wanting one….finally found a local store that sold them and tried it on. My brother was standing several feet away and was able to identify the song playing. So it wasn’t as “personal” as advertised. Luckily the first Sony Walkman debuted not too long afterward, and a neighbor of ours owned a Sony store, so my Dad bought me one as soon as Neighbor got some in stock. It wasn’t a radio, but it was better – I could tape my own music and hear it privately in stereo. I took that thing *everywhere* and played to death.

]]> By: Jim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1067116 Jim Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:24:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1067116 I had a bone fone back in high school and I loved it. It was awesome in class as I could listen to the radio all day and the teachers never had a clue. Best part was how I had great stereo sound but my ears were uncovered so I could still easily hear everything around me. The bone induction was crap, but I'd buy another. Heck, I'd love to see an updated model with better quality speakers and an MP3 player built in. I had a bone fone back in high school and I loved it. It was awesome in class as I could listen to the radio all day and the teachers never had a clue. Best part was how I had great stereo sound but my ears were uncovered so I could still easily hear everything around me. The bone induction was crap, but I’d buy another. Heck, I’d love to see an updated model with better quality speakers and an MP3 player built in.

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1062861 Mark in Boston Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:28:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1062861 I had a Bone Fone. It quite obviously did not work by bone conduction. The sound was pretty good because the speakers were full-range and close to your ears. People who tried it were impressed by the sound. Headphones are better. I had a Bone Fone. It quite obviously did not work by bone conduction. The sound was pretty good because the speakers were full-range and close to your ears. People who tried it were impressed by the sound. Headphones are better.

]]> By: Improbable Research » Blog Archive » Sounds from, if not like, teeth http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1062836 Improbable Research » Blog Archive » Sounds from, if not like, teeth Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:02:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1062836 [...] So writes Paul Collins leading into his discussion of the Bone Fone. [...] [...] So writes Paul Collins leading into his discussion of the Bone Fone. [...]

]]> By: Robert Gable http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1060979 Robert Gable Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:13:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1060979 Comment #3 above is exactly correct. I bought a Bone Fone. I either returned it or threw it out after I tried it. It was a good example of false advertising, and I never bought anything from the JS&A Group again. Comment #3 above is exactly correct. I bought a Bone Fone. I either returned it or threw it out after I tried it. It was a good example of false advertising, and I never bought anything from the JS&A Group again.

]]> By: philspil http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1054830 philspil Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1054830 Does anyone know a way to find the copyright holder, anyone who worked for the company who made it, or anyone who has one for sale? Any information would greatly be appreciated. Does anyone know a way to find the copyright holder, anyone who worked for the company who made it, or anyone
who has one for sale? Any information would greatly be appreciated.

]]> By: Glenn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1048132 Glenn Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:23:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1048132 Is the Bone Fone truly still available?? I have a granddaughter who uses a bone condution aid to hear & would love to attain one of these for her. Is the Bone Fone truly still available??
I have a granddaughter who uses a bone condution aid to hear & would love to attain one of these for her.

]]> By: Matthew Hurst http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-1047789 Matthew Hurst Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1047789 I had one and it was a normal radio with two speakers in the area near your ears. The only thing unique about it was the layout of the radio - the speakers in the sleeve on each side of the area that rested on you should area under your ears, battery back on one side for the AA batteries and the tuner controls on the other side. Nothing at all scary about it and, unfortunately, not unique sounding either. I was an OK radio and was well made, but not worth anything near the $70 it cost back in 1979. There was more creativity in the writing of the ad for it than in the design of the unit. “The sleeve comes in brilliant Bone Fone blue-a color designed especially for the system.” Ok, right the blue color was designed especially for the system! Sure it was. You were supposed to place the speakers downward towards your body so that the sound would vibrate through your body/bones. Well, that simply didn't work and just made the sound coming out of the speakers more muffled. It worked so-so with the speakers pointed up towards you ears and was in some ways safer for jogging et. al. than being cut off from the world with earphones. Everyone heard what you heard - the was no "Your Own Space" involved. The Bone Fone was brilliant in its marketing and placement of well-written ads in magazines like Popular Science. Having it in PS somehow bosterled its claims of conducting sound through the bones in your body I guess. Only trouble was those claims were pure fantasy. The Bone Fone is right up there with the ads to make a hover car using a vacuum cleaning, Mr. Microphone, Inside the Egg Beater, Pet Rocks and Sea Monkeys! I had one and it was a normal radio with two speakers in the area near your ears. The only thing unique about it was the layout of the radio – the speakers in the sleeve on each side of the area that rested on you should area under your ears, battery back on one side for the AA batteries and the tuner controls on the other side. Nothing at all scary about it and, unfortunately, not unique sounding either. I was an OK radio and was well made, but not worth anything near the $70 it cost back in 1979. There was more creativity in the writing of the ad for it than in the design of the unit. “The sleeve comes in brilliant Bone Fone blue-a color designed especially for the system.” Ok, right the blue color was designed especially for the system! Sure it was. You were supposed to place the speakers downward towards your body so that the sound would vibrate through your body/bones. Well, that simply didn’t work and just made the sound coming out of the speakers more muffled. It worked so-so with the speakers pointed up towards you ears and was in some ways safer for jogging et. al. than being cut off from the world with earphones. Everyone heard what you heard – the was no “Your Own Space” involved. The Bone Fone was brilliant in its marketing and placement of well-written ads in magazines like Popular Science. Having it in PS somehow bosterled its claims of conducting sound through the bones in your body I guess. Only trouble was those claims were pure fantasy. The Bone Fone is right up there with the ads to make a hover car using a vacuum cleaning, Mr. Microphone, Inside the Egg Beater, Pet Rocks and Sea Monkeys!

]]> By: More Osteo-Musicology « The ARChive Blogoschmeer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-404262 More Osteo-Musicology « The ARChive Blogoschmeer Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:29:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-404262 [...] sale.  The principle the same as your Tooth Tunes; vibrations are sent through your collarbones “all the way into the sensitive bones of your inner ear,” eliminating the need for clunky headphones.  Perfect for that hot new fitness craze sweeping the [...] [...] sale.  The principle the same as your Tooth Tunes; vibrations are sent through your collarbones “all the way into the sensitive bones of your inner ear,” eliminating the need for clunky headphones.  Perfect for that hot new fitness craze sweeping the [...]

]]> By: fluffy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/comment-page-1/#comment-143107 fluffy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:55:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-143107 That seems really freaking scary. It could also possibly affect bone regrowth and osteoperosis and so on. That seems really freaking scary. It could also possibly affect bone regrowth and osteoperosis and so on.

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