Generally speaking, when someone talks about jamming things into one’s skin, disgust follows along with various “brain doctors”. But hold back those feelings of uneasiness when witnessing someone jamming network cables into the arms. Why you ask? Japanese researchers have figured out a way to turn the human dermis into a living transmission highway, allowing plug-n-play installation of your typical network cable. Weird? You bet.
You may be surprised at how works — low level electromagnetic waves are harmless to humans while at the same time being an effective transmission method. Speeds aren’t exactly as fast as your typical network however, chugging along at a relatively pokey 10Mbps. Still, considering the fact that they’re sending data through human skin, I’d say that’s pretty freakin’ impressive, no? And as an added bonus, power consumption is said to be 90% lower than traditional power-tied networks.
All things considered though, this conceptual technology is more for medical purposes and reducing the number of cables running to and from patients’ bodies. So don’t go tossing all those cable just yet. You’re not going to be a human router anytime soon.
Who’s ready to get wired…well, electromagnified actually?
