The Voice at 3 AM

If only Baudrillard were alive. He really should have lived long enough to encounter this. I remember reading in one of his books about how we add "noise" into digitally created audio to make it sound more real. I can only imagine where he'd take the new iPhone apps. The iPhone vibrates. Vibration can cause pleasure. Enter MyVibe. It's a free app that turns one's phone into a vibrator.

OK, so what's the big deal you ask? There are multiple apps that promise to transform your phone/camera/music player into a sex toy. The big deal is that some of the apps offer sound effects. Which sounds are being added to improve the app's performance? The iPhone offers applications that will make it sound like a traditional vibrator. It simulates a sex toy's sound. If only Baudrillard were alive, I would kill to read his analysis of this, not for where he'd take it so much as for the way he'd get there.