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  "date": "2003-03-06T17:21:00.000Z",
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  "title": "Did I dream the urchin phone?",
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  "html": "<p>Okay, I don't think I made this up:  I was reading Wired Magazine a\nfew months ago, and I saw a phone featured in the Fetish section\nthat was designed like a Koosh<sup>TM</sup> ball or a sea-urchin.\nThe idea is that it would be used in a teleconference, thrown back\nand forth across the room from speaker to speaker.</p>\n<p>We need this at my work.</p>\n<p>Has anyone else seen this thing, remember what it was called, or\nwhere they're selling it?  I can't seem to find it again in any of\nthe Wired issues I can find in my apartment and office.</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=throwable_phone</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083248\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8bcf295bb2e23d6ee0d80710023f2b66&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">Anonymous</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221083248\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-06T21:08:37\">2003-03-06T21:08:37</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I don't recall having seen a koosh/urchin phone, but I have seen a custom phone that was a 900Mhz radio phone with a mic and speaker that was embedded in a nerf football. A crude lash up, but it did work.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083249\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8bcf295bb2e23d6ee0d80710023f2b66&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">Anonymous</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221083249\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-06T23:24:16\">2003-03-06T23:24:16</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">that sounds kind of familiar to me too...\nyou could try looking here:\nhttp://search.wired.com/wired/default.asp?query=fetish%20\nif that fails, email them</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083251\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://randyrathbun.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2409dd8baf4712f0ff9ac15af2d63f89&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://randyrathbun.org\">Randy</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221083251\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-07T16:58:48\">2003-03-07T16:58:48</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">You did not dream it. I remember it too...I have no clue where I saw it though.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083252\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=43f54f4e781c8374414d45c287474cac&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">Mike</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221083252\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-08T00:27:40\">2003-03-08T00:27:40</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I think you might be talking about the \"MIT Sputmik Microphone Concept\": http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/tra_micro.html</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<!-- xmlrpcfilter 1 -->\r\n\r\nOkay, I don't think I made this up:  I was reading Wired Magazine a\r\nfew months ago, and I saw a phone featured in the Fetish section\r\nthat was designed like a Koosh<sup>TM</sup> ball or a sea-urchin.\r\nThe idea is that it would be used in a teleconference, thrown back\r\nand forth across the room from speaker to speaker.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe need this at my work.\r\n\r\n\r\nHas anyone else seen this thing, remember what it was called, or\r\nwhere they're selling it?  I can't seem to find it again in any of\r\nthe Wired issues I can find in my apartment and office.\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=throwable_phone\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083248\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8bcf295bb2e23d6ee0d80710023f2b66&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">Anonymous</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221083248\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-06T21:08:37\">2003-03-06T21:08:37</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I don't recall having seen a koosh/urchin phone, but I have seen a custom phone that was a 900Mhz radio phone with a mic and speaker that was embedded in a nerf football. A crude lash up, but it did work.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083249\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8bcf295bb2e23d6ee0d80710023f2b66&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">Anonymous</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221083249\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-06T23:24:16\">2003-03-06T23:24:16</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">that sounds kind of familiar to me too...\r\n\r\nyou could try looking here:\r\nhttp://search.wired.com/wired/default.asp?query=fetish%20\r\n\r\nif that fails, email them</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083251\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://randyrathbun.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2409dd8baf4712f0ff9ac15af2d63f89&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://randyrathbun.org\">Randy</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221083251\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-07T16:58:48\">2003-03-07T16:58:48</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">You did not dream it. I remember it too...I have no clue where I saw it though.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221083252\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=43f54f4e781c8374414d45c287474cac&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">Mike</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221083252\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-03-08T00:27:40\">2003-03-08T00:27:40</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I think you might be talking about the \"MIT Sputmik Microphone Concept\": http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/tra_micro.html</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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