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

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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[Anonymous Coward]

eetimes.com has a slightly better description:

ElectAura-Net. NTT Docomo researchers in Japan have created a 10-Mbit/second body network based on electrodes embedded in floor tiles that make a capacitive-coupling connection through the human body and into a receiver plugged into a PocketPC handheld. When a user steps on a given tile, video is streamed to the PDA