This computer chip is the key to an unhackable future | Hard Reset

[@JeffBilkins]

'Unhackable' hahaha, famous last words.

[@letssee8397]

For now What they're achieving is something that's basically an air gap, which is extremely secure today or Pulling back to the days of walkmen tape players where connecting was hard to do Best way to hack this? Touch the person using the same tech and release a command

[@VioFax]

@@letssee8397 Can read the radio leak off your RAM now though too well enough to see enough. So now you need a cage if you wanted to remain that way going forward.

[@magnadox]

I think it's unshakable in the sense that as long as a system us entered isolated it cannot be interacted with by definition. Now if you were transferring data while washing your hands and an interloper had access to the pipe and was recording it then that de-isolates the system.

[@samhuni8271]

​@@magnadox yeah, but the tech is made for interaction... If you are not quarantined then you are gonna have a tonne of potential breaches every day... Also airtags... The way they are used for nefarious reasons is gonna be the way to breach this. Just hide transmitters on the person and you can track probably close to all of their activities...

[@NinetooNine]

@@samhuni8271 You are still talking about an order of magnitude more secure then bluetooth is currently.

[@tristanwegner]

" Nobody has looked into this" vs " Microsoft has been awarded a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus. Patent No. 6,754,472" 2004

[@TaigiTWeseFormosanDiplomat]

0.0

[@jargolauda2584]

Old but not done yet, good the patent is: Status Expired - Lifetime

[@bugs181]

Technically, it's semantically true. Just because someone holds a patent doesn't mean they ever had plans to do anything with it. A lot of times large companies will just make things up, create a patent and sit on it to keep competition away. And IF someone does come along and make it, they get to sue the company and make millions. Synonymous with patent trolls.

[@ixanaai]

Researchers have been trying to make this happen since at least 1994. It is just that, to our knowledge, no one other than the Ixana team has been able to demonstrate high-speed data transfer between two wearables.

[@ShopperPlug]

Seriously, the patent got a picture of a person which looks like it was drawn by a 4 year old 🤣

[@ToGoMania19]

The R in Wi-R is for celebrating pirates!

[@NickFromHardReset]

Arrr, matey.

[@rylaczero3740]

Rrrrrr....right

[@beginnereasy]

Wow

[@ixanaai]

Wi-R is a wordplay on "wire" since it enables secure, high speed data transmission through the body, effectively creating a virtual wire. Also, it's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.

[@iRogerRomero]

@@jasonk125 that makes perfect sense if they just said that😂

[@RoboArc]

Bro turned us into a I2C bus 😂

[@ixanaai]

USB bus

[@MatthewHarrold]

Some powerful patents are being developed with this tech. It will never be unhackable, that was an unfortunate decision by Freethink, but this is a viable alternative to traditional radio for low-power, easy-to-configure wearables.

[@JeffBilkins]

They changed the title to "Highly secure" :)

[@festro1000]

Agreed, there is a lot of potential particularly in the consumer products, though without some form of authentication to ensure that a network you are connecting to is actually yours, I wouldn't trust it with medical or other sensitive information or phones.

[@4bSix86f61]

Bro turned us into a CAN Bus 😂 _with questionable security_

[@PatrickOuthier]

So PAN or HAN?

[@ixanaai]

USB bus

[@ixanaai]

@@PatrickOuthier BAN (Body Area Network)

[@rossr6616]

Booty Bus

[@RanmaSyaoranSaotome]

If someone could bump into you and have a device run a script to hack whatever you have connected to you by touch, that's not very secure.

[@AndrewMorris-wz1vq]

100%, though I don't see why you couldn't add an encryption layer ontop of this.

[@VioFax]

@@AndrewMorris-wz1vq Like that does any good for wifi and bluetooth...

[@RaphErnotte]

Rn any one with an internet connexion can attempt to hack you, with this tech they'd need to be in contact with you or something relaying the electric signal emanating from you, like an airport mettalic bench, or a swimming pool. So if you do get hacked, just know it's much more personnal than it used to be

[@webleaf30]

Yeah if these hackers are able to actually break encryption, which would be necessary to “hack” this or any wireless tech, then I’m sure they would choose to hack your phone/computer via WiFi or Bluetooth. I really don’t think they would choose to touch someone else physically to require them to be hacked (because this Ixana tech will also be encrypted just like WiFi or Bluetooth).

[@asandax6]

​@@RaphErnotte Wait till they figure out undiscovered side channels and use them to get the data. They've developed methods of pulling data from RAM without touching it just by reading the electric noise it generates. Which means secure PCs now need to have RF shieding.

[@whoisamp620]

Imagine rick rolling anybody that walks by

[@SirusStarTV]

AirDrop becomes BodyDrop but you can't just share questionable pictures without consequences.

[@ixanaai]

Imagine rick rolling anybody who is in a 10 ft distance when they are using Bluetooth 😂

[@-cheshire-cat]

Me: Sir, why are you holding my hand? Hacker: I'm looking through your emails.

[@abhinaym1017]

This is such a cool tech, Rooting for them to make it to the daily tech that we use

[@tycooperaow]

me too

[@ixanaai]

Thanks for your support. Definitely think Wi-R will change how we interact with our devices. Our team is working hard to refine the technology and exploring a ton of interesting use cases that will be a part of everyday life. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!

[@Redranddd]

EMFs to a whole new level PD: I was wrong

[@LuisAngel-qr5ro]

Exactly what I though. Recently I read they even might intervene worth the calcium pumps in the brain. No way I'm using this bullshit

[@ixanaai]

Wi-R produces significantly less electromagnetic radiation than traditional wireless technologies, making it a lower EMF alternative. 10,000x lower SAR than 5G.

[@shay5025]

Each cell in our body uses tiny differences in electrical charge between interior and exterior of the cell to allow the flow of nutrients in/out. I wonder how constant pervasive wi-R data will effect normal functions.

[@metalmanexetreme]

Definitely something to consider, we will find out when these have been out for a few decades.

[@h_beserra]

I know the specifics of this technology, by electric charges tend to flow in the surface of the electrode

[@2dstencil847]

It is good tech, should already start doing the human health trial with prototypes now. Yes the electric field is low, but it would be use with extensive rate. Like playing music on u phone without wired, when the phone inside your pocket....and wireless headset.....it might require less energy.....but the extensive hours we use this tech with VR, or personal entertainment

[@SirusStarTV]

@@2dstencil847 use lab rats for experimentation as always

[@ixanaai]

This is a good question. You bring your finger close to your touchscreen multiple times a day. This induces electric fields between your finger and the screen, that flow around your body. This is happening multiple times a day for you today. Wi-R uses the same physics, but for communicating data.

[@MrEnder0001]

I like how most of these comments are hating about it just because it is different and people dont know the proper info about it. I think this is an amazing concept that could be used side by side with other standard protocols. While I do see this being more secure and convenient I do wonder how it performs under certain situations which might create I guess electrical noise in the body or weather. Also this would not be any less secure than things like Bluetooth because it prob has encryption and this is not no cyberpunk type thing where you tap something and it gets hacked. If anything it would be more secure due to it needing some form of physical contact.

[@billyte1265]

14:14 Just wanted to say, what he said about encryption is completely 100% wrong. Encryption is not a cat and mouse game. We have incredibly solid battle tested encryption methods that are basically unbreakable. This person clearly does not know very much about encryption.

[@BarakaAndrew]

tbf while algo like aes256 are unbreakable and even quantum resistant, the problem is key exchange, the new key exchange algos haven't been around as long, it's still a cat and mouse game, algo might be secure but there's still encryption key storage, which is still a cat n mouse game, hackers keep finding ways to get in to extract the key at the source

[@sharkdavid]

Yeah - most of the problems typically aren’t with the robustness of encryption but with how it’s used/implemented in a system. Even small deviations from best practice can lead to unintended vulnerabilities to exploit.

[@Consoneer]

​@@BarakaAndrewthe same could be said about NFC which are similar to this tech then. So it's irrelevant and his statement is misleading. Intended to instill ungrounded fear of privacy concerns to drive up demand. And that's no-go.

[@ixanaai]

You are correct. Ixana hasn’t included any advanced encryption in Wi-R chips yet. Wi-R just provides better physical security. If you are in a café and turn on Bluetooth on your phone, everyone in the café has your signal. If they can hack into it or not, depends on how good of a hacker they are. With Wi-R, someone in your next table doesn’t even have the signal to hack into. That’s the advantage. Once someone has the signal, the potential of being hacked is the same as Bluetooth/Wi-Fi.

[@R.T.Matrix]

It's not the encryption of the device, it's the unrealistic other ways that spying is taking place...

[@kryptobash9728]

Wow this is absolutely amazing, we kinda already knew this but to see it come to life in this way is insane

[@Aras14]

This currently could have a lot of use in VR full body tracking. Imagine trackers, that you have to charge way less (maybe with some auto charge through movement not at all). The convenience would be worth it to many. I don't see it replacing Bluetooth for headphones though, you too often have your phone laying around somewhere else while you listen. (Maybe disable bluetooth when a Wi-R connection is there)

[@YonatanAvhar]

Instead of giving your phone direct access to Wi-R, you could have some kind of middleman device in your pocket that can do BT for when your phone is away

[@Ying-yang6969]

This is the best video I've seen in a while, this is actual innovation.

[@ixanaai]

Thanks a lot for the support - credit to Freethink

[@shApYT]

This could make smart contact lenses much more viable.

[@policeman1104]

Conspiracy theorists will love this haha

[@ixanaai]

😂

[@arslanrasit]

That's... actually exciting. We wouldn't need to charge our headphones etc as often which would be AMAZING. I need this tech in my life NOW

[@Consoneer]

That's not this tech is used for. It's for information sending only NOT power sending.

[@arslanrasit]

@@Consoneer I know, but sending data through a physical media requires way less energy than light waves, as mentioned in the video.

[@Consoneer]

@@arslanrasit you're right theoretically it consumes less power, more efficient. i missed that part

[@IamImranSkhan]

That's great by handshaking we can exchange our contact information

[@themogget8808]

So this could lower power consumption and raise bitrate for my Virtual Reality kit? My VR displays talking to my headphones talking to my wristband controllers and my phone or compute deal. All of them become smaller, lighter, and have longer battery life. It sounds like Meta's Project Orion would really benefit from this. I think even a Quest 4 would benefit from it, although bluetooth energy use is kinda a drop in the bucket compared to the displays.

[@Firestar-rm8df]

I do definitely see VR applications for this, if the bandwidth claims and comparisons hold with multiple devices. Especially for Full body tracking with stuff like vive trackers.

[@ixanaai]

It is not just the Bluetooth energy that is reduced. Wi-R’s high-speed, low power, low latency allows any device to piggy-back off the compute on another device. Smart glasses do not need a 5W processor anymore. That’s what leads to way longer battery life.

[@themogget8808]

@@ixanaai This is what Meta's Project Orion does, with a wireless compute puck in your pocket.

[@ScientificNostalgic]

I am in love with the spectacles. WOWWWWWWWW!

[@scottbillups4576]

In the subway, two people holding-on to the same pole, one is hacking the other. Hmmmm.

[@ixanaai]

Think about a similar question: In the subway, if one person’s phone has Bluetooth on, is everyone in the subway hacking this phone via Bluetooth? Wi-R provides physical security i.e. it is hard to even access the signal. Rest of the protection is with software security e.g. in Bluetooth.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

@@ixanaai How about physical security of the body? We don't even know how this may affect the body. And no one will even talk about it, if the side effects aren't blatantly obvious. Like if it reduces growth by 10% among 5% of the users who used it since childhood, if it causes dizziness, etc.

[@AbhishekMukherjee]

Very exciting technology. Imagine doing a high five to share the music you are listening to, or touch based activation without providing fingerprint and having much better battery life in close contact devices.

[@GFmanaic]

*shakes hand with a stranger* * your bank account is now negative 1 billion*

[@thesimplicitylifestyle]

I really like this idea! Genius! 😎🤖

[@irishn8]

Brings new meaning to the term wearing a Wi-R

[@nerv4316]

The only data I can transfer right now is genetic data🗿

[@bayestraat]

Our bodies has a very small electrical capacitence. If we can trigger a switch by temporarily altering a C value in a circuit by a mere 10uF, its 100% possible to generate information pulses and replicate that in a circuitry as event listeners or triggers for complex calculations. It's an idea that has been around for awhile, but so far this is the first time I've seen this going to take off commercially.

[@wictimovgovonca320]

Exciting technology, I await seeing it become mainstream. Concerning security, there is a huge hole that needs to be addressed. If I control the environment, I could easily tap into the body area networks of those within that environment. If I own the coffee shop, lounge, or boardroom, those in the environment could have their networks easily tapped into. I would cover the surfaces of chairs, tables, etc. with conductive fabric sections that I would route to my spy processors. It could also be something I hand you like a shopping bag, badge, pamphlet, etc. within which I would hide a wireless channel to my network (this is short-lived so power will not be a problem). I would not interconnect those sections so that the individuals would not be connected to each other. For example, I would host a meeting with my vendors, customers, and competitors and be able to spy on their supposedly private interactions with phones, laptops, etc.

[@Marcus-Brutus]

Freethink should make a video about communication protocols using bodies of water, water vapor, rainstorms and mycelium.

[@Scriven42]

I want my fungus phone for sure.

[@ixanaai]

😂

[@Mister_Bo]

This is very exciting for bio-tracking tech! I also like this concept for bio-metric locks. You'd be able to unlock your home, or car just by touching the door handle. It would also be great for multi factor transaction authentication when buying goods. A fingerprint, plus a personal token requirement would enhance security. There are so many upsides to this tech, even if it's just reducing the EM flow in our external envirnment

[@tyranmcgrathmnkklkl]

But the human is only the medium for the device, isn't it? Meaning, if an intruder wore your device, it could unlock your car? I guess you mean it sets the stage for future developments

[@maha-madpedo-gayphukumber1533]

This gives Telepathy a whole new meaning.

[@staninjapan07]

Fascinating, and with great potential... for both good and very bad. Not being a fan of wearable tech', I am not personally interested and see very little need for such things, except for acute medical condition monitoring perhaps. Wear I see problems (see what I did there?) is in privacy invasion, which is already a much, much bigger problem than almost everyone I know seems to understand. I imagine the potential for malicious behaviour here is massive, but not understanding the tech', I may be wrong. In any case, it is certainly very interesting, and shows me there is yet another thing (human electrical conductivity) I knew nothing of. Thanks for the video.

[@ellisonpaul6889]

Your not wrong the WEF(world economic forum) said it will be in every one by 2030😢

[@ellisonpaul6889]

The internet of things

[@Mrbeat-88]

This feels Pandora's Box-y

[@ThePowerRanger]

This is super cool.

[@ixanaai]

Thanks for the support

[@ranindunethsara887]

this is incredible..thank you for this video .and i like you brother❤...

[@toffeelugar205]

10 something years from now, this is how devices will connect, especially for Brand specific ecosystem, just imagine how seamless it would be.

[@pneuma23093]

In the distant future, a stroll through New York while everyone is equipped with this feature and are streaming their music on an open channel would be wild. Kind of a like the fun morning envisioned in a movie where the main character monologues about their routine while bumping into random people on the street and listening in to their songs. Different punk rock songs fading in and out is what I imagine the scene would play out as.

[@ziemekz2303]

At 0:34 you showed drone footage of Warsaw, after which the guy said: "We're some...". I think that's funny :)

[@-_johnny_-]

as a tech guy my mind is blown away

[@ixanaai]

Thanks for the support

[@beaudanner]

Love this and wishing them luck! I hope it doesn’t go the same way as wireless charging at a distance

[@jacobjerald6703]

a game changer tech

[@Namaskar_Doston]

That's fascinating

[@XashA12Musk]

Data Transfer with "AURA" ! what a time to be alive 🔥🔥

[@chillbeach7322]

I remember seeing a similar concepts of "handshake" information transfer in an old documentary.

[@fuba44]

First day of our new security expert joined the team.. he also used those exact words.. was like omfg, who hired this guy..

[@waedi_]

this is absolutely in fucking sane, hello, why the hell is everyone talking about hacking are yall slow?

[@freeflowtrader]

Person A:I love you person B. Person B: I love you as well, let’s exchange information wirelessly. (Somehow I got this meta glass surveillance thing where people can see your info using LLM, knows instantly who you are and what you do, where you live came into scene, but it’s for these… you know these windows command prompt generated instant infos to monitor what’s really going on, but think of it can be used in health data monitoring) Monitor:12volt, -5volt, 12 volt, -5volt, 12volt, -5volt, 12volt, -3.4 volt, 14 volt……. *lil pump ohhh:”I think I know what’s going on between these 2 sockets”

[@anandchoure1343]

Imagine this + BCI + smart MR glasses = 🤯

[@thesoundsmith]

Obi-Wan Cannoli: "You are the droids you are looking for..."

[@YodaWhat]

*_Excellent!_* 🙂

[@ixanaai]

😂

[@Patapom3]

Great idea!

[@FractionalMateo]

great reporting

[@ScientificNostalgic]

Great idea. Keep digging.

[@ixanaai]

Thanks for the support

[@trishanuray3833]

Hope Wi-R rolls out safe and secure. And it doesn't turn us into The Musters.

[@Doctor-Box]

Cool idea. Certainly not good for some of the applications shown like headphones to your phone (I would like to put my phone down but still listen to the audio), but amazing for medical wearables.

[@BaguetteBot]

Interesting but if all that's needed to hack the network is to introduce a connection without someone knowing, then any surfaces you touch could potentially be that, unless you can be certain that it is not a conductive material. I can already see car companies literally gobbling up ALL of your data with this just by sitting in their car, or any company that you interact with physically by touching the door handle of their offices, or the police hacking your phone during an arrest simply by touching you... And then there are public gatherings... Anyone that would be standing next to you, for example at a football game, in the line at Starbucks, at a concert, etc., could potentially be hacking you. I guess the devices you wear would need to be able to tell you when the size of your network changes and allow for some sort of control over your connectivity. Sadly they didn't address that one bit in the video so I'm very skeptic at best that this is gonna be an unhackable tech.

[@somdudewillson]

Just going to point out that the tech this is aiming to replace makes every point within a wide radius of you a potential connection point. Not unhackable, yes, but it's not exactly a new level of vulnerability or something.

[@policeman1104]

Doesn’t sound like a huge problem to overcome to be honest

[@microsoft.co.u]

this is just a link layer though, purely physical. all you need to do is implement the same security systems as in other wireless coms and its much much more secure.

[@vaakdemandante8772]

what? It's like Wi-Fi / Bluetooth but with less electromagnetic "aura" - limited not to 100m or 10m but 10 mm - it's an order of magnitude safer just by the virtue of requiring physical contact instead of remote attack with a Pringles antenna. You touch a "rogue" countertop? So what? It requires an authorization code to connect to you/your personal network, just like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It's exactly the same in terms of information security but much better in spatial security.

[@YaroslavFox]

About security. We have bunch of protocols that allows secure communications even every last bit a captured by a malicious actor. So, this point makes very little sense as all our data is encrypted

[@YaroslavFox]

It looks interesting for payment, or establishing initial connection(for instance with headphones, or share wifi password). However, beyond seems not very usable. As in case of headphones, I often just leave my phone on the table and walk around my home and I don't wanna be connected to physically

[@ixanaai]

Wi-R provides better physical security. If you are in a café and turn on Bluetooth on your phone, everyone in the café has your signal. If they can hack into it or not, depends on how good of a hacker they are. With Wi-R, someone in your next table doesn’t even have the signal to hack into. That’s the advantage. Once someone has the signal, the potential of being hacked is the same as Bluetooth/Wi-Fi.

[@tarrySubstance]

Interesting!

[@Frontduty]

"hacked by touch", i can see a article titled something like this

[@FSK1138]

. NFC is a real vector for hackers.... this makes it easy for people to "bump" you or just stand close by with a amplifier in a line or on a crowded bus or elevator

[@anandchoure1343]

Finally, people will take personal space more seriously

[@nithinkumar3839]

4:40 steve jobs asian version

[@Mr_Rain_Forest]

2060: Remember kids to take you copper supplements to make your satellite phones battery last longer

[@vedaprakash1653]

it gives a lot of security but at last everything has to be connected with internet or other communication methods

[@nekomakhea9440]

The real cables were the friends we made along the way

[@lbenegas]

Having shower increases bandwidth?

[@ixanaai]

Lol. No change due to environment or body conditions.

[@izbr661]

Applause🙏

[@someDudeOnYtb]

Well for the «hacking issue» I think it would be now an implementation/protocol level issue ,being hacked trough contact would become something to consider while developing software,for example you can add a «pairing delay » or restrict the information which are sent but on a lower level this is already a really interesting technology

[@ruthvikgowda1149]

All It take is a Handshake -- BOOM

[@BavoDebraekeleer]

This is gonna be fun on packed trains and airplanes! 😂

[@ixanaai]

Consider this: If someone on a train has their Bluetooth on, does that mean everyone in the train can hack their phone via Bluetooth? Wi-Fi, on the other hand, provides physical security, meaning it's harder to access the signal. The remaining protection relies on software security, as is the case with Bluetooth.

[@BavoDebraekeleer]

Oh I meant the hacking. Hackers will have to become something like a pickpocket to get close enough, which obviously gets easier where you're already packed together and where the signal might pass through multiple people. But maybe there is a way to limit the distance it travels to one or two persons? Don't get me wrong though, this tech sounds awesome! A sharing functionality for sharing with a loved one what you're listening to by holding hands for example sounds so cool.

[@Belquer]

Very cool and wireless+wires=wi-r 😂

[@conroybogle3713]

Can the signals really be constrained to millimeters from the body? For example, specialized antennas. This is 'exciting' tech. All present can touch the table so our AI's can reach a decision, in half a second, ten thousand PDF's and files. Assault cases might rise. This is great progress in technology, I dont think most people knew we were such current high power wires. From externally is one thing, but our bodies - which are as smart and aware as we are - might take offense to being used in this way. Maybe this should also at least be considered, at least. My avatar seems to say it all, and should have been my only response. Good work.

[@letusgro]

Bong after a bong hit 😂

[@aquelaquelaquelaquel]

Under 50k views, yet this is the future for me! Great job guys! Amazing tech! I would use it for real! This is future!

[@shaman4560]

This is a nearsighted experiment

[@microsoft.co.u]

Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this

[@ixanaai]

😂

[@thewatersavior]

Could be fun for tiny wireless robots

[@Risha_tae]

This is so cool!!

[@ixanaai]

Thanks for the support

[@LoreCraftCinema]

Wow. Just wow!

[@kneekoo]

Imagine shaking someone's hand and getting Rickrolled. 😆 What a time to be alive!

[@ixanaai]

Imagine rick rolling anybody who is in a 10 ft distance when they are using Bluetooth 😂

[@maxxibro]

Yeah and someone just touched your body, and BOOM he has got all your data, lol

[@ridhvikg]

I love the underlying technology. Like a CAN Bus for humans. But I feel the "security" angle is a bad play. If it was common knowledge how this system works, then it would pose a the risk of uninvited touching! Market it for what it is! A super efficient and novel communication channel for wearables!

[@beginnereasy]

Cool

[@PocketInquires]

you know what else was _way more secure_ ? The Titanic. The Twin Towers. The Pentagon. Every major credit card, payment processor, government agency, and general database of interest.

[@jamesmcpherson3924]

Clearly it's called QiFi

[@Freddisred]

Cool, but the public will 100% sacrifice security in the name of convenience. A powerful new standard no doubt, but no BT killer. I hope we get a new generation of StreetPass style tech out of this.

[@SubmergeIceBath]

Bluetooth is 1-2mbps max. This tech transmits 5-10x the data for 100x less power. There’s a reason why we use Bluetooth because wifi is less power efficient than even Bluetooth. This is the next evolution of communication protocols that expands on existing bottlenecks our world is built around, there’s no streaming video with Bluetooth. Now we can stream live video wirelessly for zero power consumption. It’s 10000% a Bluetooth killer

[@rishabhsinha7033]

This is really great tech but the Bengali accent is soooo apt....🤩

[@yotamoren818]

No it's not but the accent is decent

[@YodaWhat]

*SUPER* and _COOL!_ 🙂

[@ixanaai]

😊

[@seeranos]

This would be a really great technology for desktop purposes, connecting your mouse and keyboard, and if there were a conductive mat connected to the computer you’d never have to plug them in

[@blandman779]

Hey I’m pretty sure that’s now the PAN keycards worked in Metal Gear Solid

[@ixanaai]

BAN (Body Area Network)

[@astrobibibi]

15:33 they are using 16.6MHz RF signal

[@quantuminfinity4260]

Good catch

[@SoleilRoiLe]

When all those engineers have curly hair, then we have a winner.

[@ixanaai]

😂

[@ArthursHD]

Cool tech

[@festro1000]

I'd have to imagine something like this would be a nightmare for security in crowded spaces like elevators and buses without some encryption or authentication as you didn't even need to touch the copper strip to connect to the speaker, so while definitely a step up over radio I can imagine someone using something similar to an induction sensor to scoop up whatever data is floating around in those bubble networks especially in one of these aforementioned spaces.

[@derek2593]

*Punches himself in the face* "Uh oh, some one hacked my body signals.

[@AlgAlgorithm]

imagine someone shoulder-bumps you and steals ur browser passwords.

[@thesoundsmith]

Also think of scenes like a Tokyo rush-hour subway, where everyone is jammed in together in discomforting and unavoidable proximity. You will HAVE to be able to easily turn off the signal. But another step in the man-machine interface that appears positive if controlled.

[@izbr661]

Extra capabilities