I’ve heard the term P.A.N. (Personal Area Network) tossed around for a few years now what with Bluetooth becoming almost ubiquitous in today’s small technical gadgets. The idea is that rather than having wires joining various electronic devices together we use the wireless technology to create a small network that is centered around our person.
That’s all fine and good, but some people don’t like the idea of allowing other people to quietly pick up these P.A.N. signals and snoop on our private data. So a new idea has surfaced:
Use our skin as the means of transmitting electric signals between devices.
Here’s an article on the company that has applied for patents on this process.
Now this just kind of freaks me out, bringing forth the spectre of the cyborg. It works, and is pretty cool in terms of geek. but man, doesn’t the idea just give you the heebie-jeebies?
Only one response: sooooo cool. Well, some heebie jeebies, but mostly just sooooo cool.