Networking with the Human Body

Don't know how many people caught this little article over on slashdot discussing the use of the surface of the human body as a data transmission device, but I thought it was pretty interesting. Quoting the I4U post:

"NTT announces Human Area Networking technology Research Project called RedTacton, that safely turns the surface of the human body into a data transmission path at speeds up to 10 Mbps between any two points on the body."

Think about the business applications...you could hold your ipod in one hand, and then touch a terminal in your local Disc Jockey to download a song you want. Or maybe use it to make quick uploads of pictures to your blog without having to worry about USB cables.

Check out the flash demo over at RedTacton's site.

-Bertito