[extropy-chat] Hype or tripe?

[Samantha Atkins]

Yep.  So where can I buy some of the needed hardware?  Does anyone  
have pointers to papers giving some details?

- samantha

On Jul 16, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Bret Kulakovich wrote:

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> Both?
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> This is the nth time I've heard this type of story, about the human  
> body conducting digital info. I had even heard Microsoft tried to  
> patent it.
>
> IBM developed the "personal area network" so long ago I can't even  
> remember. It was the same thing. Handshakes between individuals  
> passed business card info, etc. etc. Up through borderline  
> 'toothing' applications.
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> On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:10 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:
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>> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/ 
>> 0,5942,15933078,00.html
>>
>> Let your body do the downloading
>> Leo Lewis
>> 15jul05
>>
>> IF you spend hours downloading songs to your iPod, the days of  
>> fiddling around with wires are coming to an end.
>>
>> A Japanese company has discovered that the best cables may be your  
>> arms and legs.
>>
>> According to NTT Laboratories, your whole body is the perfect  
>> conductor for electronic data, meaning that information such as  
>> music and films could be downloaded in seconds via your elbow.
>>
>> NTT, and the team of scientists that invented the "Red Tacton"  
>> system, envisage a future in which the human body acts as a non- 
>> stop conduit for information.
>>
>> Wireless networks and devices, often hampered by intermittent  
>> service, will eventually be replaced, NTT says, by "human area  
>> networks".
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>> The developers are convinced the new technology will be "highly  
>> disruptive" - undermining existing wireless industries.
>>
>> Field tests are under way, and the first commercial appearance of  
>> Red Tacton is expected next year.
>>
>> The Red Tacton chips will be embedded in machines and contain a  
>> transmitter and receiver built to send and accept data stored in a  
>> digital format.
>>
>> The chip then takes any type of file, such as an MP3 music file or  
>> email, and converts it into a format that takes the form of  
>> digital pulses that can be passed and read through a human being's  
>> electric field. The chip in the receiving device reads these tiny  
>> changes and converts the file back into its original form.
>>
>> With Red Tacton sensors miniaturised and built into every type of  
>> device and product, the list of potential uses is endless, said  
>> Hideki Sakamoto of NTT.
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>> By simply touching an advertising poster, for example, product  
>> information and an order form could be sent to your laptop.
>>
>> Shake hands with a new contact, and every detail that would  
>> normally appear on a business card will leap across your arms and  
>> download itself to your mobile phone.
>>
>> Because the data transfer between Red Tacton machines involves no  
>> dial-up or logging-in, the transfer of information is virtually  
>> instantaneous.
>>
>> The Times
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