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ElectAura-Net, a 10-Mbit/second Body Network

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the living-breathing-antennas dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In 'Human Body Network Gets Fast,' Technology Research News tells us that NTT Docomo researchers in Japan have created a 10-Mbit/second indoor network by using human bodies as Ethernet cables. 'The network, dubbed ElectAura-Net, is wireless, but instead of using radio waves, infrared light, or microwaves to transmit information it uses a combination of the electric field that emanates from humans and a similar field emanating from special floor tiles.' ElectAura-Net is faster than the Bluetooth radio wave system and provides a solution for indoor networks. The researchers think that this is a solution for "ubiquitous" communication, using GPS outdoor and our bodies indoor. This summary contains more details."

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  1. They should have gone with the original name... by Mish · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... "CancerNet". :)

  2. So what happens when everyone leaves the house? by raam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.

  3. Hey Buddy! by monkeyboy87 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Down In Front!

    You're cuasing me to drop packets!

  4. heh by EdMack · · Score: 4, Funny

    My strict dad walks into the networked room where I am standing, embracing to get a decent connection
    "LET GO of her immediatly!

    But dad, I was just fingering her, and she was having a look at my root.. please, I was going to show her how to fsck!

    --
    puts ("Python r0cks\n");
  5. In other news... by sasquatch21 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, the product 'Soylent CAT-3' was introduced today.