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bodynet en · NOUN

Etymology

From body + net, in the sense of network.

Meanings

1. An array of technology attached to the body.
   • A cathedral of light, if you will, of prefabricated carbon-fiber and lightweight synthetic thermal resins; equipped with stereo-immersive walls and motion sensors that respond via a bodynet to my ever shifting loci of desires and needs […] 1998, John Beckmann, The virtual dimension: architecture, representation, and crash culture:
   • With this technology, in the near future, people can participate in parties without leaving the house, needing only to dress in a bodynet (clothe^([sic]) with sensors). 2008, Julio Francisco Dantas de Rezende, Transpersonal Management: lessons from the Matrix trilogy:
   • Think of yourself on some evening in the not-so-distant future, when wearable, fitted, and implanted electronic organs connected by bodynets are as commonplace as cotton […] 1996, William J. Mitchell, City of bits: space, place, and the infobahn:

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