Disney masterminds data transfer by touch
 

Disney, the company that gave you Small World, has developed a new messaging technology that operates by touch.

Disney researchers have developed a microphone that lets a user record a voice message and then relay that message to another person simply by touching them.

The mic converts the voice message into an inaudible signal which is transmitted to the body of the person.

It can then be transmitted from that person's body to another person's body through touch. The sound becomes audible when touching someone else's ear.

The sound can't be heard by anyone else but the person being touched, Wired reports.

Dubbed the Shure Super 55, the microphone can be connected to a computer's sound card.

The computer then creates a loop with the recording which is sent to an amp. The recorded sound signal is then converted into a high voltage, low current in audible signal.

The output is linked to the conductive metal casing of the microphone so that the person holding the microphone will receive the inaudible version of their own message in the shape of a modulated electrostatic field around their skin.

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