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Article #96Computerized birth control
From: taylor
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1986 06:52
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1986 06:52
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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]
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