Skin-tenna: Antenna That Uses Skin To Transmit Signals
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed a wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin could broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants or portable gadgets. The new power-efficient approach could make more of established medical devices like pacemakers or help future implants distributed around the body work together.
Skin-tenna works by taking advantage of the creeping wave effect that allows waves to travel along a surface, due to mismatches between the air and the surface, and allows wireless devices (like pacemakers) to communicate more efficiently with devices anywhere on the body. Signals are channeled out sideways along the skin by this reflection and the conducting plate. That makes the antenna more efficient, which could double the battery life of body-worn gadgets.
The future may be filled with wearable device are powered by body heat or water or bacteria and communicate by sending signals along the surface of our skin. Now that’s a future that sounds exciting.
SHYAMA V B:
June 28th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Good
Vicky:
June 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am
good
Gowtham:
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 am
Excelent
INDRAN J.E.C:
August 26th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Brilliant
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marlon:
November 17th, 2008 at 3:58 am
wow!!
mgoode:
November 18th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I wonder if this would boost cell phone signal too? It would be cool to have extra strong signal on a motorola krave. I like the full touch screen on the krave, but a full list of features can be found online at motorola.com/krave. Ever since I started working with Motorola, I can’t stop talking about the krave!
Gerardo C. Laya:
November 20th, 2008 at 5:53 am
That is great! At least the telecommunications industry somehow mimize their expenses which in turn benificial to their subscriber if they reduce their charges.
Raja Sekhar:
October 13th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
sir, can u forward the paper so i can give seminar on it.
Detox Diets :
October 14th, 2010 at 7:39 am
wireless antennas should also be made from very conductive alloys like copper or better yet silver alloys;.;
Plastic Pond :
October 21st, 2010 at 3:28 am
wireless antennas that are not made of special alloys will easily break on gale force winds*~-
rafeh:
March 30th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
can i have the paper for this … i am planning to give a seminar on this.
monikka:
April 7th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
i like to have paper on this
Anandkumar:
June 11th, 2011 at 8:02 am
What a great idea!! i wanna to know about today trends in ur field.. could you guide me?
Shaikh:
January 20th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Want to get some more information about it.Detailed description of how it actually works??..