http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/human-skin-hacked-for-broadband-probably-than-our-apartment/ Switched Comments for Human Skin Hacked for Broadband, Probably Faster Than Our Apartment http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/human-skin-hacked-for-broadband-probably-than-our-apartment/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/human-skin-hacked-for-broadband-probably-than-our-apartment/Ok, so I'm not looking for info on how the coordinate system or how charge is measured and location calculated. Help me with some conductivity issues =)

The only things that have worked on the iphone screen for me are my fingers. I've tried some conductive material but they're probably too thin, scissor blades and stuff....Aside from sausages which I haven't exactly tried. what materials are "conductors"? Why does the touchscreen work even with a piece of plastic over it? Is plastic conductive? Why is human flesh conductive? Why is the earth considered a giant conductor, isn't it a rock, rock conducts electricity? I previously thought that those "magic" covers for the iphone were special b/c they didn't block "finger signal" thus justifying their (comparatively)high prices for what is to my eyes, a sheet of plastic.

I'm trying to make a soft stylus sort of thing. I'm thinking wrapping some sort of conductive fiber around the end of my pen so i can dual use it, with a pop up stand cover for my iphone it'll be like a laptop. I'm thinking either I sew in some conductive material into a fabric and glue or rubber band it to the tip, or use aluminum. Aluminum doesn't seem soft enough, and I don't don't any thin conductive materials and are threadlike enough to be sewn into clothes. How do those gloves and styluses that companies make for the iphone work? I'm thinking it's not copper wire...gold can be really thin though....but a stylus seems to need a pretty large area to be recognized on the screen, which is why thin conductors I've tried haven't been working...I guess..

No access to materials right now so can't check...

why does sausage conduct electricity?

Do people have different levels of electrical resistance on their skin? Once I placed my hands on this physics machine that measure something electrical about your skin, most people had a middle value...I had zero ish...will this protect me a bit from lightning? Does it make it somewhat harder, require more surface contact to operate the iphone?

lot's a random questions, not really well organized, sorry =(
hope people can satisfy my curiosity, thanks in advance!
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