Microsoft assimilates the human body as a conduit for consumer electronics

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Microsoft researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique that utilizes the human body as a medium for consumer electronics, employing electrodes attached to the skin to function as a system bus for data transmission and power distribution. This innovation aims to reduce input/output redundancy caused by multiple devices communicating simultaneously. The method is detailed in United States patent number 6,754,472, recently awarded to Microsoft. Concerns have been raised about the implications of this technology, particularly for individuals with medical devices like pacemakers. The discussion also touches on the potential risks of technology integration with human biology, including hypothetical scenarios of viruses affecting both humans and computers.
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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!

"Okay kids, take your Nortons so you don't get sick"
 

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