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RFID + Dart gun = DartMail!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the late-than-never dept.

breon.halling writes "Snail mail? Too slow. Email? Too much spam. So what's left? DartMail! Tony Tang and Eric Pattison from the University of Calgary introduce a new (well, new as of January 2003) method of transferring files and possibly shooting your eye out. Using RFID and a toy dart gun, 'DartMail lets people physically shoot electronic information at others.' Be sure to check out the movie, too!"

6 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. Video (and site) CACHE by johnatjohnytech · · Score: 5, Informative

    18 Meg WMV File and Html Page is cached at http://www.flipstartforum.com/dartcache/

    --
    I Encrypt My IM's
  2. Coral Cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Loads faster.

  3. DartMail name owned by Doubleclick by w00master · · Score: 3, Informative
    Funny,

    Doubleclick (aka Dart, aka online advertising deliverer) has an exisiting product called DartMail. Yes, it's for e-mail Spam.

    w00master

  4. Re:Ooh by Sarcastic+Assassin · · Score: 4, Informative

    While you're laughing at their demise, I'm enjoying 300 KB/s download speeds from the Coral link.

  5. Torrent link by redhat421 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can find a torrent for this file here: DartMail.wmv.torrent

  6. Here is a torrent of the Video by TorrentNinja · · Score: 5, Informative

    18MB video of the dartmail :)