Having listened to showman scientist Kevin Warwick I was just struck by the thought that it isn't language - written or spoken - that we should try to replace by new forms of wetware communication.

Rather I'd suggest we combine the wifi-enabled Nabaztag rabbit with Kevin's research, and perhaps implant rabbit ears as well as colored lights, to be able to receive (and send out) the sort of background information and data that the Nabaztag rabbit is supposed to - email alerts, RSS-feeds, weather forecasts, stockmarket movements, etc.

It would also add to the fun if he wasn't working with Terminator-looking tech gauntlets but rabbit ears and blinking lights :-)