Microsoft assimilates the human body as a conduit for consumer electronics

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Microsoft has developed a groundbreaking technique that utilizes the human body as a conduit for consumer electronics, as detailed in United States patent number 6,754,472. This innovation involves attaching electrodes to the skin, allowing it to function as a system bus for data transmission and a conductive medium for power distribution between devices. The primary goal of this technology is to reduce I/O redundancy caused by multiple devices attempting to communicate simultaneously.

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Researchers at Microsoft have devised a technique to assimilate the human body as a conduit for consumer electronics. How did Microsoft accomplish this feat? Electrodes attached to body use the skin as a system bus to transmit data and as a conductive medium to distribute power between devices. Microsoft's desired effect is to cut back on the I/O redundancy that results from when multiple devices attempt to communicate.

A glimpse of the exact technique used by Microsoft is outlined in United States patent number 6,754,472 and was awarded to Microsoft and its associates this past Tuesday. [continued]

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This is a technology someone with a pacemaker doesn't want :eek:

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Just wait until a mutant virus can infect both the human and the computers!

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