Data Transmission through skin contact!

Now this is wild!

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/10/07/wirelesstouch.ap/index.html

And hackers will work furiously to develop the first virus for the system that acts like a joy buzzer.....

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I wonder if this tech came out of some sort of spy technology. Imagine if the Cold War was still going on - talk about a great way to transmit date discreetly. One touch and that's it....