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[loopychew]

Instead of relying on electromagnetic waves or light waves to carry data, RedTacton uses weak electric fields on the surface of the body as a transmission medium. A RedTacton transmitter couples with extremely weak electric fields on the surface of the body... RedTacton can also "transmit" through clothing or shoes, allowing the useful possibility of downloading MP3s through a floor-based sensor while dancing the Lambada. What's more, you can swap files by straight human contact, so two filesharers equipped with RadTacton devices can indulge in torrid illegal P2P activity and have sex at the same time.

Wow, file-swapping via sex! The possibilities for jokes are endless!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/23/human_area_network/

Comments

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

...as are the possibilities for espionage novels based around this plot device. Imagine an illicit information network working under the guise of a prostitution ring!

But to start on the jokes:

1. Sure hope they've got Trojan protection. (...that could've gone better.)
2. Imagine all the women complaining to her girlfriends that her latest boy-toy didn't last long enough to transfer a couple of MP3s she wanted.
3. Two words: greater bandwidth.

[shadur.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the double entendres inherent in spam promising to make you "last longer in bed!!1!"

[maramala.livejournal.com]

I'd add to the jokes, but most of them would most likely involve viruses. :)

[jrenken.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Do I detect shades of Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553380966)?

[agentkinesis.livejournal.com]

heh, too bad it's NTT... they still charge a per minute rate for making local phone calls yo! Torrid illicit transfer is fine but who'll pay the extra 8000¥ per month for "connection charges"-- definitely the man's job </eavesdropping>

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Yay Yukon! Friending you now. :D

[aulddragon.livejournal.com]

"What the hell?! You got Country music all over me!"

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