taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (07/14/86)
And another interesting news article, this one from the "San Jose Mercury"
today....
"Computer Rabbit
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"In this high-tech age, it was inevitable that someone would think of
inventing a computer to solve the problem of contraception. The first on
the market is a hand-held computer made by Rabbit Computer Corp. in Los
Angeles.
"Until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves it for use as a
contraceptive, the $150 computer is being marketed as a fertility
indicator in this country. It is a combination alarm clock, thermometer
and display-screen graph wrapped into one battery-operated computer.
"This is how it works: Each morning, it awakens a woman with an
insistent, but refined, beep; she puts the attached thermometer under her
tongue for 60 seconds to measure her body temperature; and the computer
records the temperature on a graph on its small screen that can store up
to 12 menstrual cycles. By following the graph, a woman who has regular
cycles can track her pattern of ovulation."
[just when you thought it was safe to buy an alarm clock!! --Dave]taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (07/17/86)
This article is from pyramid!nbires!rcd (Dick Dunn) and was received on Wed Jul 16 10:36:08 1986 > ...the $150 computer is being marketed as a fertility > indicator in this country... > ...This is how it works: Each morning, it awakens a woman with an > insistent, but refined, beep; she puts the attached thermometer under her > tongue for 60 seconds to measure her body temperature; and the computer > records the temperature on a graph on its small screen ... Trouble is, what does she do now that she's awake? There are various studies of the effect of waking people before it's really necessary for them to be awakened...usual result is increase in birthrate. The reasoning supposedly goes something like, "Well, as long as we're awake..."