Bones could allow data swaps via handshake (Spammers will have to touch you?)

New Scientist Tech ^ | 06-13-07 | Paul Marks

[Bladerunnuh]

So the Rice team decided to investigate using sound instead of radio waves. Bone is known to be a great conductor of sound, but so far it has only been used to transmit analogue signals in applications such as checking how bone is healing after a fracture, and in hearing aids that transmit sound from outside the skull to the auditory nerve. To see if bone could transmit digital signals over longer distances - to a headset, say, from a sensor worn on the wrist - the team applied a small vibrator to various parts of the body. When they then measured the acoustic signals received elsewhere

[Bladerunnuh]

Yes, someday porn will be transmitted through your bones. The future is pretty bright.

[rfp1234]

—the team applied a small vibrator to various parts of the body—

Was Barney Frank excited?

[miele man]

Ah, Mr. Spock will be pleased. This may be the beginning of mind melds for humans.

[Free Vulcan]

Resistance is futile.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Yes, someday porn will be transmitted through your bones....

Well, in a way, that's, ummm, always been the case...

[Spruce]

Anyone remember these?...

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"Yes, someday porn will be transmitted through your bones. The future is pretty bright."

It's already transmitted from hand to bone...