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Japan researches human body network
(old news - 04:27PM Friday Oct 24 2003)
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Researchers from Japan explore a wireless network that uses the human body to transmit at speeds up to 10Mbps. According to this TRN Magazine report, the network, dubbed ElectAura-Net, "uses a combination of the electric field that emanates from humans and a similar field emanating from special floor tiles" to operate in place of more traditional wireless methods. Transceivers are placed every square meter under a tile or carpet floor, then users, outfitting with a second transceiver on the body or in a PDA, connect to the web simply by walking over or standing on the floor. The primary goal, according to one DoCoMo researcher, is to create a "new indoor communication infrastructure for the coming wearable and ubiquitous computing era." The TRN article offers more technical specifics, but additional information is available via the project's website.

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godsmack

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O' boy

I can feel the burn now..............HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Re: O' boy

This makes me wonder how much is too much?

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Re: O' boy

this might be close.

dav0r
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Re: O' boy

i love japanese ideas...

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said by removed See Profile:
This makes me wonder how much is too much?
We don't have electrodes connected to our anus yet. I'd have to say that is a plus.
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Re: O' boy

said by SuperJudge See Profile:
said by removed See Profile:
This makes me wonder how much is too much?
We don't have electrodes connected to our anus yet. I'd have to say that is a plus.

Speak for yourself, Luddite!
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Re: O' boy

said by CyberSchnook3 See Profile:
said by SuperJudge See Profile:
said by removed See Profile:
This makes me wonder how much is too much?
We don't have electrodes connected to our anus yet. I'd have to say that is a plus.

Speak for yourself, Luddite!

Luddite, my ass (situanional pun!). I'm all for technology moving foreward, I just don't like things touching my butthole. hhahah.
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Re: O' boy

Be sure to watch for that pesky backdoor "Back Orifice".

Kinda gives everything a new meaning
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said by Phucker See Profile:
Be sure to watch for that pesky backdoor "Back Orifice".

Kinda gives everything a new meaning

New virus --- W32.analram
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cmptrblder

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Do we have to wave our arms in the air to get a good signal?

quibbly
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Re: O' boy

Not really, but if you clasp your hands together and point in a general direction, you can focus the beam better and create a line of site network.

As a plus, the bigger you are, the more energy you can disperse. Hum...wonder what this would do to the fat cells? Maybe a great weight loss program to boot!
mduchesn

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Well, we already have the FTTS Fiber To The Subscriber stuff : endoscopy
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Beammeup-Scottie

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Beam me up scottie.

Those ASIANS are genious. Lets bring some of those guys here.

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I bet that fat people have lower bandwith.

I do not think fat and chorlesterol conduct ethernet very well.
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Re: O' boy

said by Omega See Profile:
I do not think fat and chorlesterol conduct ethernet very well.

I'm guessing you're doing your own research on this as well?

Honestly, I'm speechless, I had no idea anybody could post something so stipud.
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Re: O' boy

It's a joke.

SuperJudge
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Re: O' boy

Yeah, I got that, but ethernet is ethernet, wi-fi, ir, coax, none of those can be construed as ethernet. If you knew that, good, otherwise, I was letting you know.
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Using humans as network broadcasting nodes...

Anyone see a "Matrix = humans as batteries" correlation here or is it just me?
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lemekim
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If anything I would think they have bigger bandwidth!

mrchris
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I'd like to see ppl try getting capping lol

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I still prefer having my cat-5 cable plugged into my anus, then using me as an antenna. 4/5 IT guys recommend this method. Not only does it cure colon cancer, but promotes good intestinal health!

Transmaster
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I can see one use for this that would be very useful.
Imagine a hospital, or acute care nursing home with such a system installed. You could have a device worn to transmit vitals to a central monitoring station. No only could you monitor vitals but you could also tell exactly where a person by the floor tile sending the info. Of course there would have to be a look a the effects of the
EM field on a body with perhaps a pacemaker but it might add yet another tool to health care givers.

Imagine a museum with such system. you would walk up to a
exhibit and just by stepping up to it you download to a PDA type of device detailed information on the exhibit you a looking at. COOL!!!!

Having said this There are wireless systems that do this
already, and this type of system would be cheaper to deploy. Hospitals use a telemetry system which has a Doppler location system to tell where the person. You can
tell if a hospital has such a system installed if you spot an antenna, there will be four antennas group closely together. The computer that is monitoring the system can
tell by signal strength which repeater the signal is strongest and from the difference in the time it take the
RF signal to reach each of the four antennas on that repeater where the person is.

I have a hunch we will here nothing more about this technology.
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just make

sure that i can still have kids man.

StingerMoD

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Sweet!

That is some sweet stuff! Just walk into a place with your laptop and bang you connected. lol

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Big Brother

Would just love to have that installed. No need to tap into a citizens computer, tap into them!
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The fun is

Plugging your adapter into another network!

pt_trig

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Re: The fun is

I wonder when and if saying No will work.. kinda like rape.. what if someone doesn't want to be used.. and you use them without their concent? data rape?

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Re: The fun is

said by pt_trig:
I wonder when and if saying No will work.. kinda like rape.. what if someone doesn't want to be used.. and you use them without their concent? data rape?
Firewall means firewall. You don't want to get a virus PCCillin. Give some other network a worm LOL.
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todd2473

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actually I can see alot off practical uses for this for the clever independent I.T. that has a customer that is fussy about security on there wlan, maybe have a pirating problem or something in a busy urban area. they need a system that has only the power to transmit in a limited space. simply place the network tiles under your floor plan for your office space and then only those limited areas will have this network they still get the office space close to the veiw or access points they want and no outside pirating outside and around the building. maybe they just ain't thinking for the right application. I think we have more then enough ability to communicate indoors but this could be a good way of putting in place a wireless system in offices without giving it out to everyone that has a wlan card in there laptop around them.

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Plugging your adapter into another network!
Make sure you use a compatible set of protocols
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todd2473

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might be good security measure

actually I can see alot off practical uses for this for the clever independent I.T. that has a customer that is fussy about security on there wlan, maybe have a pirating problem or something in a busy urban area. they need a system that has only the power to transmit in a limited space. simply place the network tiles under your floor plan for your office space and then only those limited areas will have this network they still get the office space close to the veiw or access points they want and no outside pirating outside and around the building. maybe they just ain't thinking for the right application. I think we have more then enough ability to communicate indoors but this could be a good way of putting in place a wireless system in offices without giving it out to everyone that has a wlan card in there laptop around them.

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Wait for the RIAA to sue it

I can see the RIAA issuing subpoenas to individuals for providing the network access used to illegally share copyrighted music.
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Run Neo!!!! Run

I guess the matrix is REAL!!! Time to renew my prescription!!
todd2473

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Re: Run Neo!!!! Run

dude you can go to almost any urban business block in boston and find an access point for a wlan. might be some print shop on the corner or some office on the third floor but theres always something left open with a 4 block radius.this could solve those types of problems where offices are stacked on top of each other and wireless access has not only people outside trying to get some free bandwidth but people inside are getting interferance from the office upstairs. so I see the uses just not as a "stand here to use me, walkie talkie" for you pc or pda.

Xusen

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So What?

why dont they concentrate on the problems of the available technologies? Wasting time and money ...maybe in years time you will hear nothing ever being mentioned of this stuff.
well at least they have something to do.

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Re: So What?

said by Xusen:
why dont they concentrate on the problems of the available technologies? Wasting time and money ...maybe in years time you will hear nothing ever being mentioned of this stuff.
well at least they have something to do.

Because this is what Japan is good at... com'mon you knew that right?
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Oh boy I can see the RIAA now...

does this mean the RIAA will be able to subpoena me to turn my body over? ok this is getting complicated

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Re: Oh boy I can see the RIAA now...

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does this mean the RIAA will be able to subpoena me to turn my body over? ok this is getting complicated
Yep... roll over on your stomach so we can stick our lawsuit up yo ass..
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lesopp

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Interesting

Electrical resistance can be used to measure body fat, the greater the resistance the greater the body fat. I wonder if body fate would also contribute to latency.

Imagine having to tell a client that their latency would improve if they reduced their body fat!
clifface

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Re: Interesting

Wait for the RIAA to sue it
I can see the RIAA issuing subpoenas to individuals for providing the network access used to illegally share copyrighted music.

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Re: Interesting

No, they're going to subpoena everybody in the world for simply existing, and thus providing the possibility of copyright infringement. 6 billion lawsuits? Sounds like the RIAA to me!

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Re: Interesting

Ya the RIAA will want the return of all copyrighted material
I'll send them Mr. Hanky in MP3 format (My PoopX3)
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Does this mean that SUMO wrestlers will be unable to get this broadband?

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You've Hacked My Aura!

I wonder if you can sue for someone hacking into your aura? What about New-Agers who may find their auras perturbed by this technology? It could make BPL vs. Hams look like a picnic.


The primary goal, according to one DoCoMo researcher, is to create a "new indoor communication infrastructure for the coming wearable and ubiquitous computing era."

As if we're currently not in a "ubiquitous computing era?"

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Re: You've Hacked My Aura!

ah the workings of a truly twisted mind@@
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What aboutit 100Mb or 1Gbit?

So what would it take to upgrade us to 100Mbit or 1Gbit? I'd like to think we are more useful than that.
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Re: What aboutit 100Mbit or 1Gbit?

pardon my typos, its Friday.

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Re: What aboutit 100Mb or 1Gbit?

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So what would it take to upgrade us to 100Mbit or 1Gbit? I'd like to think we are more useful than that.
it's not that it's not possible, it's just that the technology hasn't been devleoped for it...just like back in the day 10Mbps was the sh*&...noone ever thought that 8 copper wires could carry 1000 mbit's
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Indeed

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bigdaddy17

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sweet!

well since there are types of fiber optics in the human body that actually send electric pulses..

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Hmmm

I bet they can get 10 Gbps through the skinny geek kids.
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Rebooting...

Rebooting must be a real pain in the ass...um, literally!

bigdaddy17

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lol

and so does this mean that the heavy ones will get high latency and pings? lmao this is a sweet technology I'd love to see!

iammetoday

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Support the legacy networks too!

I'd hate to be the guy in the office that has to be the network bridge to a wired network. Where exactly do you plug in the cable??

bigdaddy17

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the power of people

Could this be the next bluetooth generation? lol I dont think you plug it in..its wireless im pretty sure.. It uses the body possibly as a switch as the main point to transmit waves from some type of tiles they use that are probaly 802.11b wireless. BTW what is the main access point if people are going to act as a network?
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