Working on a Tree-Area-Network at dinacon 2018:

At dinacon i was interested in experimenting with a near-field communication device in the wild to send data over a tree, or in the best case to send data from one tree to another tree. Is it possible to send data from one side of the jungle to the other? The jungle as a network. I wanted to tackle this question by starting out using a near-field communication device on a single tree to see if it is possible to send data over a tree at all.

Read the full article here:
https://www.dinacon.org/2018/09/30/tree-area-network-tan-a-private-network-for-trees-and-humans/

Also read about the near-field intra-body communication device here:
https://ingorandolf.info/building-a-near-field-intra-body-communication-device/