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Bones Could Become Conduits For Data Swaps

Posted by Zonk on from the shin-bone-connects-to-the-rj-45-jack dept.

Billosaur writes "New Scientist Tech has an intriguing article about researchers at Rice University in Houston, TX who are looking at ways to use the human skeleton to transmit data. The idea is to use bones to conduct sound waves, with 0's and 1's being represented by different frequencies. Preliminary results, shared with a conference on body networks in Florence, Italy, this week, show that bones can conduct even low-power vibrations with few errors. The idea is that the conduction of sound along bone would be more secure than that via radio waves, leading to the possibility of swapping data with someone by shaking their hand."

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  1. I've got a bone right here by poity · · Score: 0, Redundant

    with endless data for all the women out there.

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    your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
  2. Damnit Jim! by Lazarus_Bitmap · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm a doctor! Not a walking local area network! ~Bones

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    -Laz .:change is inevitable -- growth is optional:.
  3. Bones! by f00man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dammit! I'm a doctor, Jim, not a magician!

  4. prime factoring? by HellFeuer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Could we then factor large numbers by having sex???? As if we needed another reason to do it!