Re: [NTLK] Human Skin Patent

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Aug 25 2005 - 08:33:41 PDT

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John Hay wrote:
> Was anybody watching when Bill Gates [et al.] were granted this
> [seemingly all-encompassing, er ah who got paid off!] this patent?
> The implications are huge, to say the least.
> Why not just patent electricity !
>
> United States Patent
> 6,754,472
>
> June 22, 2004
> Method and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the
> human body

Considering I remember reading about an IBM research project 10 years ago that
accomplished exactly this (transmitting data via skin contact, specifically
vCards when people shake hands) I hope and expect this to get shot down in the
near future...

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