Yet another use for water

March 20, 2001

I ran accross an article in the latest print version of the Red Herring which made me stop, think, and then fevorously twitch. (This is a very rare occurence when it comes to technology) A dutch company has "supposedly developed" technology which allows them to send tcp-ip packets in water via an existing municipal water system.

The company, Dutch Water seems to be legitimate, but the idea of sending packets via plain old water is simply absurd. I don't know, maybe it is theoretically possible...like commercial fusion power plants, but I don't see those springing up all over the state of California either.