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dr. nervioso:
Start of something awesome or another fall on it\s face technology?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/

I personally like this. But I am not to sure about the contact lenses. Too small and expensive. Feel free to talk about any other cool tech you guys come across.

Carl-E:
And you thought distracted driving/walking was bad enough already...

LTK:
I'm hijacking this thread because I just learned that this exists. And by science's beard, this is amazing!

It's a matchstick-sized rod containing hormones (not estrogen) that goes under the skin of your arm, stays there for three years, and during that time you cannot. get. pregnant. Zero (0) pregnancies have been reported after proper insertion procedures since this was first used in 1998. The failure rate is 0.05%. Fertility resumes after the contraceptive is removed. An experienced clinician does the insertion procedure in approx. 1 minute, and removes it in about 3.

Also, 20% of women cease having periods after insertion. The most common negative side effect is irregular bleeding and spotting, which is not dangerous and disappears after the device is removed.

I'm going to look quite silly if all the girls are about to say "Oh, I knew about that." But even for a guy, this is too impressive to be ignored for fourteen years of its existence. I mean, zero pregnancies for three years! How is every woman not lining up for this? Or are they?

Pilchard123:
I knew about it. I'm also a guy, but whatever.

Welu:
I knew about it and it is pretty cool but I still prefer the pill. I got a few female mates telling me I'm nuts for being on the pill when the bar is an option. A lot of them tried to sell it to me with the "no period" and "there's a chance your boobs get bigger".
First: The "no period" doesn't happen to everyone. Plus I only have periods when I want them and can pretty carefully time them, which being sexually active and randomly paranoid can be reassuring once in a while. 
Second: E-cup.

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