Personal Area Networks
Kisses and other bodily methods of transmitting data
Today in 1996, IBM demonstrated Personal Area Networks (PAN), transmitting data through the human body.
A prototype PAN system allows users to exchange electronic business cards by shaking hands. Says…
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