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 Dec 29 2005, 03:03 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Louisville, KY (Well, Memphis, IN technically but you won't know where that is.) Member No.: 7,626  |
Skinlink is here. Okay, its only 2Mbps right now (slower than USB 1.1) but it works up to 20cm (~8 inches) away from the body. I imagine the first uses will be wireless headsets free of interference (a common problem with BlueTooth).
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Dec 30 2005, 04:13 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
It's been here. The MIT Media Lab was publishing papers about this type of tech nearly 10 years ago. |
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Dec 30 2005, 04:38 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
So, why haven't people embraced it until now?
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Dec 30 2005, 05:02 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Well, the prototypes described in the 1996 paper were operating at 1200 bits per second. It's taken them ten years to get it up to 2 Mbps, so I imagine that there have been several difficult technical hurdles that had to be overcome to get the thing to where it's at a workable (but painfully slow) bandwidth.
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Dec 30 2005, 05:06 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 28-December 05 From: Québec Member No.: 8,110 |
probably related to electrocution :D
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Dec 30 2005, 05:07 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Do you have to implant anything? I don't want to lose Essence.
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Dec 30 2005, 05:25 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
In RL, no.
In SR4 no. |
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Dec 30 2005, 06:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 20-December 05 Member No.: 8,088 |
But I wanna implant something :(
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Dec 30 2005, 07:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 4-September 04 Member No.: 6,628 |
It's like Metal Gear Solid tech too, except theirs is PAN, Personal Area Network.
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Dec 30 2005, 02:41 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Very Punny. Since the article says you can transmit by touch. :rotfl: |
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Dec 30 2005, 03:10 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I didn't mean anything by that. But thanks for giving me credit.
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Dec 30 2005, 08:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
How about breast implant? they add cosmetic glee. |
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