Human Area Network (HAN)

As report at Pink Tentacle japanese researchers have developed a Human Area Network (HAN). This goes nice along with the Local Area Network (LAN), the network all the computers in your building at work, and the Wide Area Network (WAN) that links all the LANs that your company has.

The HAN is smaller than those, it is based on a small device that you drop in your pocket that puts out a weak electric field that extends across your skin, so that you can make a network connection with anything you touch.

This is so cool, if the device was installed in something that you routinely carry you (say a mobile phone) then you could synch it just by touching your computer while it is you pocket. I want one!