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Subject: Computerized birth control
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Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 02:52:58 EDT
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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]