Transmit audio through your skin

[r2k]

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) took up the latter approach yesterday by unveiling an iPod nano which communicates with earphones via your body's ability to pump electrical signal. Oh sure, the prototype requires the user to keep a finger pressed to the iPod to close the circuit and there's always risk of a nasty infection after implanting the 10-microwatt/2Mbps chip in your forearm but hey, prototype or not think of the time you'll save not having to untangle your headphone cables every morning. Hey KAIST, don't forget to pay out royalties to Microsoft when this goes big 'cause they hold patent No. 6,754,472 (source of picture) detailing the use of human skin as a power conduit and data bus, mkay? Apparently the prototype was demonstrated without humans, but come on, you know some undergrad meat-sack went and secretly "sacrificed" himself for the cause...wouldn't you?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/10/n...ransmit-audio/

[Zhen]

Looks like Microsoft patented a lot of stuff which they don't have...I still remember that they patented the ipod interface or something =X

[Assinator]

yea, microsoft patended this stuff so it will gonna be buggy, bad and hugly exepensive. but it is cool though.