Katana initiated data transfer... unfortunatly researchers haven't
been able to get past the "one symbol transfer stopping problem".
Similar research in parallelization has lead to suboptimal results
above n=3, althought total symbol transfer per node was significantly
higher for larger values of n (S. Cat, Journal of Applied Swordsmanship
Nov. 83).
...but really, it does sound very interesting; I would even be willing
to tolerate a lower transfer rate if device to skin contact wasn't
required (data transfer through things like pants/shirt pockets,
socks, etc.). A skin to bluetooth bridge could be extremely useful.
Come to think of it, the only real advantage over bluetooth would
be the MSC* security features.
* Meat Sack Compartmentalization
Juergen Specht wrote:
>
> > ...TWO Japanese telecoms giants have developed technology that turns the
> > human body into a broadband-paced link that allows e-mail addresses to be
> > exchanged through a simple handshake, a report said Monday....
>
> I wonder how this could be invented in Japan...nobody shakes
> hands here anyway...what comes next? "Bow" transmitted data?
>
> ;)
>
> Juergen
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Received on Tue Oct 8 13:35:00 2002