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Ericsson Just Zapped A Rockabilly Song Through My Body

1:15PM January 13, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

I think I can still feel my fingers tingling after I played with a stereo hooked up to Ericsson’s new capacitive coupling technology, which uses the water in the human body to transmit data instead of cables or radio waves. More »


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Ericsson Wants To Use Your Body As A USB Cable

12:15PM January 12, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Ericsson’s new technology will allow you to transfer data between two gadgets by sending it directly through your body. The demonstrations of the technology are really cool, but what will it actually be good for in real life. More »


Science

Nano-Scale LEDs Toast Lasers When It Comes To Data Transfer

3:40AM November 18, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

When it comes to transferring huge amounts of data in the fastest possible time, copper sucks. What you need to use is light. Until now that meant lasers — but nano-scale LEDs can do it with a fraction of the energy. More »


ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out And Promises To Be 10x Faster

4:30PM June 10, 2009 | Adrian Covert

The new ExpressCard 2.0 standard launched at Computex, and promised transfer speeds of up to 5 GB/s. The new spec will support adapters for PCIe, eSATA and USB 3.0, among other things. More »