Bones Could Become Conduits For Data Swaps

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."

Comments

That makes sense.

[hkgroove]

I knew they got it wrong. Tinfoil does not stop the transmissions to my teeth!

Re:That makes sense.

[monk.e.boy]

My bone already has the ability to pass enough data to make a baby.

But not through a hand shake.

Insert joke about hand shandy.

:-P

monk.e.boy

Re:I can see this really taking off

[eln]

You're thinking too small. Think "Data Centers in graveyards".

Think of the possibilities: Even after death, you could live on as an Ethernet cable for an AOL mail server!

Re:I can see this really taking off

[hobo sapiens]

no way, dude! Zombie computers would take on a whole new, different, and frightening meaning.

And remember, when trying to escape a level 4 zombie outbreak, a dirigible is an excellent means of escape.

as a software pirate let me just say

[thegnu]

Arrrrrr! Shiver me timbers!

More details...

[Tmack]

During their extensive research and experiments, scientists discovered that sharing information between two people worked best with direct pelvis to pelvis contact, and have coined the term "PtoP" networking...

tm

Muahahahaha

[Experiment 626]

So, human bones can be used to transmit data? Now, not only does my necromantic fortress of doom's decor scare the crap out of my enemies, I can save a fortune on cat-5 and fiber cabling.