MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones 180
angry tapir writes "Smartphones that support NFC have been making their way onto the market, but many handsets still don't support the wireless technology. As an alternative, Microsoft researchers have prototyped a system that instead uses a phone's microphone and speaker to transmit and receive data. The P2P data transfer system uses a novel technique of 'self-jamming' to stop nefarious third parties from monitoring transfers, and the researchers believe it's more secure than standard NFC communications. No word on whether it sounds like the squeal of a 56k modem."
And they call it (Score:4, Funny)
"modem"
Acoustic couplers' nostalgia... (Score:5, Funny)
GREETINGS PROFESSOR FALKEN.
Already exists (Score:5, Funny)
You can already transfer music between phones like this, but it's quite lossy depending on the quality of your speaker.
Re:And they call it (Score:5, Funny)
It's a keming problem.
Amazing Development (Score:5, Funny)
It's almost like they're modulating a signal and then demodulating it. I wonder if there's a name for this sort of thing.
Re:And they call it (Score:2, Funny)
If i still had mod points, I'd mod you fumy.
Re:Amazing Development (Score:2, Funny)
It's almost like they're modulating a signal and then demodulating it. I wonder if there's a name for this sort of thing.
Well, clearly you'd want to come up with a name that combines the traits of modulating the signal and then demodulating it on the receiving end. I'll suggest... oh... the sigulator.
Re:Acoustic couplers' nostalgia... (Score:2, Funny)
When I hear acoustic couplers I pound on the wall so they know to keep it down.
Re:And they call it (Score:5, Funny)