Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

RFID + Dart gun = DartMail!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday February 28, 2005 @08:44AM 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!"

2 of 238 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:And the point is?? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-28 08:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

As opposed to posting on Slashdot bitching about how someone else spends their time? ;)
Re:And the point is?? by Mathonwy · 2005-02-28 09:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Do you actually have to ask? This IS "news for nerds", remember... If you can't see the appeal in having an excuse to combine geeky electronics + launching ballistic projectiles at "friends", then maybe you're on the wrong forum...