Currently, research is being conducted at Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) to improve mobile internet by using humans as network nodes. The body to body network would boost coverage by sending information between themselves before reaching a base station. This would also mean that at large events, where coverage is currently decimated due to so many devices trying to connect to the network, it would actually be augmented. I found this approach to be pretty fascinating for our next generation of smart phones.
The following is an example of a body to body network:
The image states that data is streamed via "smart devices" using body to body networking
Friends at the bar are able to watch impromptu performance in real-time without depending on mobile phone network.
More on the article...
http://thefrontline.v3.co.uk/2010/11/humans-could-so.html
The image states that data is streamed via "smart devices" using body to body networking
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