The present invention relates to an orthopaedic implant, such as a bone plate, for the fixation of bone where the implant also has at least one microchip and at least one sensor connected to the microchip. The self-contained dice shaker assembly may include a container device defining an opening into an interior configured for receipt of one or more dice and a sensor assembly in communication with the container interior. In response to determining that the question is in an audio format, the question is converted into a text format. Also, an on-demand pickup of deposits may be automatically requested at a bank customer’s location when the aggregate deposit amount exceeds a predetermined threshold. Another mechanism allows for a black listed avatar to be removed from the black list, and scores to be decreased and for the virtual universe and users to utilize the black list and score.