This post was published 7 years 7 months 1 day ago. So some of the links may be broken and the content may not be applicable any more.This patent really appears like the feel (pun intended! 
of things to come. I was pretty impressed by the concept of using human skin as a medium for connecting disparate devices (with certain aspects in common.) Lets wait and watch 
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