Snail mail versus ADSL

Posted: April 29th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

After the pigeon-empowered internet, the same group of israelian geeks moved forward on the battle snail mail/email by showing that snails could be faster than ADSL:

The system called SNAP (SNAil-based data transfer Protocol), uses biological carriers, and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer. (…) ystem architecture: the system is constructed of a back end – a carriage, Ben-Hur movie style, which is made of a yoke made of light Balsa, and outfitted with two huge wheels – 2 DVD wheels, 4.7 Giga each. The front end, to which the carriage is harnessed consist of a Giant snail (Achatina fulica), known also as Giant African Snail (Africans are the runners ).

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One Comment on “Snail mail versus ADSL”

  1. 1 RedPost/Blog said at 10:03 pm on July 17th, 2009:

    [...] I got an email to inform me I’ll be getting a letter in the mail? Sigh (hat tip to Pasta&Vinegar for the [...]


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