NTT DoCoMo has developed a technology it calls RedTacton, “which it claims can send data over the skin’s surface at speeds of up to 2mbps – equivalent to a fast broadband data connection”. “Your body could soon be the backbone of a broadband personal data network linking your mobile phone or MP3 player to a cordless headset, your digital camera to a PC or printer, and all the gadgets you carry around to each other.” As if people weren’t already worried enough about what phones might do to their bodies…it’s an interesting concept, though. Imagine if you could transfer content to or from your phone just by touching it and another device…
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