From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 16:56:13 MDT
--- Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> > I've heard surprisingly little about useful hardware.
>
> That's because physics doesn't favour implants talking RF to radios
> miles
> away. Wearable stuff, anytime. Just recharge it every few days, can
> be integrated into clothing.
>
> Implants, no way. Unless you opt for skin portals, and antennas
> sprouting behind your ear.
Flux density is the thing. How big an antenna are you talking about? If
it is distributed throughout your body and transmitting at a hundredth
that of a cellphone at any given point (for example, your bones are
calcium, a metal, and *should* be usable as an antenna of some kind),
then your cells should be able to withstand the EM flux without
trouble. If you have bones replaced with other metals, like titanium,
they would also be usable as antenna.
I recall in Clarke's "Venus Prime" series, the protagonist had an
antenna embedded in her arms, which she could adjust to provide
directionality to her signal. She also had interface pins under her finghernails.
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