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NTT's Cool - Human Area Networking Technology

Posted by timothy on from the closer-to-fruition-since-last-mention dept.

kvsnut writes "I4U is reporting about NTT's research project called RedTacton - It 'safely turns the surface of the human body into a data transmission path at speeds up to 10 Mbps between any two points on the body.' There is a pretty interesting site (uses flash) setup to showcase the technology. If you want to jump to a non-flash overview, try here. It be cool if I could sync my Treo (I'm saving for) by just touching a cradle (or heck the PC)."

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  1. This sounds awesome... by rekenner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn. I've always wanted to copy and paste between computers. This could be a dream come true for people that have to work on a large number of computers for a short amount of time...

    1. Re:This sounds awesome... by mboverload · · Score: 5, Funny

      "But baby I was only grabbing your ass to see if you had some D12 MP3s!"

  2. Hands Across America by Kip+Winger · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see immediate applications for this technology -- we need to bring back Hands Across America to create the information superhighway of the 21st century!

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    1. Re:Hands Across America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The RIAA would probably try to bust everyone for illegal P2P (person to person) file sharing.

  3. Yes... it's perfectly safe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Incidentally NTT requests that the press refer to the technology's dermatological side effects as "a healthy tan!" rather than "cooking"

  4. Get ready to say ... by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No honey, you're not fat, you just have lots of bandwidth!"

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  5. Let's see... by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you call a Human Area Network that's by itself? HAN SOLO!

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  6. Warning: by spankey51 · · Score: 5, Funny

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