Pile of Poo emoji Pile of Poo emoji , also known just simply as Poo (on iOS devices), is an emoji resembling a coiled pile of feces, usually adorned with eyes and a "friendly smile". It is used to convey dissatisfaction. The emoji is in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs Unicode block: . In 1998 or 1999, Japanese mobile operators NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank Mobile each defined their own variants of emoji using proprietary standards, the first of which was created by NTT DoCoMo employee Shigetaka Kurita. In 2007, Google, looking to expand its presence in Japan and Asia as a whole, partnered
Silent speech interface for silent communication, such as when privacy is required in a public place, or hands-free data silent transmission is needed during a military or security operation. In 2002, the Japanese company NTT DoCoMo announced it had created a silent mobile phone using electromyography and imaging of lip movement. "The spur to developing such a phone," the company said, "was ridding public places of noise," adding that, "the technology is also expected to help people who have permanently lost their voice." The feasibility of using silent speech interfaces for practical communication has since then been shown. The decoding of silent speech