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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 13:57:33 +0900 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: the future is now Monday, October 7, 2002 NTT, DoCoMo Develop Way To Communicate Using Human Body TOKYO (Nikkei)--Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (9432) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437) have jointly developed technology to allow people to exchange data via their personal digital assistants (PDAs) just by touching each other, sources close to the companies said Sunday. The technology, which takes advantage of the human body's conductivity, will be applicable in various situations, and the companies will try to commercialize it as a new communications medium, the sources said. The technology, in which human bodies are seen as communications circuits, sends weak electrical signals through people, via a signal-receiving/sending device attached to a PDA. Since apparel and handbags are also conductive to some extent, the technology will allow communications between people with their PDA left in a pocket, the sources said. For example, if people exchange e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers while shaking hands, the data will automatically be written into both their PDAs. The companies have confirmed in an experiment that data will be transmitted at 10 megabits per second, comparable to broadband communications. Also, unlike telephone and wireless communications, the new technology has little possibility of being blocked by jamming and wiretapping. It will also allow communications via a door knob, various switches, desks and chairs, the sources said. Possible applications of the technology include allowing people to pass through a railroad ticket gate just by touching the gate and letting a building's door open to allow in a person when he/she touches the door, an action through which a building's computer can scan data on the person. The technology would also allow a computer to immediately recognize a person and automatically start itself up as soon as they arrive at their desk. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Monday morning edition) _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
