A short range, low power handset that transmits your mobile phone conversation to a more substantial transmitter that fits on your belt / handbag etc to avoid frying your brain...-- bod, Dec 12 2000 Wireless Ear Piece http://www.halfbake...eless_20Ear_20PieceLike this? [egnor, Dec 12 2000, last modified Oct 04 2004] Right on your belt, where you can fry "other bits" of yourself...-- PotatoStew, Dec 12 2000 true, but I suppose its the lesser of the two evils...?-- bod, Dec 12 2000 Not that they give off more radiation, it's that the cord is supposed to act as an antenna and channel the picked-up power right into your ear, instead of radiating it nearby.
I don't buy it, myself, but that's what I've read. Fortunately, I'm not one of the Tragically Connected, and can stand to be out of reach of a phone for more than 30 seconds...-- StarChaser, Dec 31 2000 random, halfbakery