Red Tacton: An Innovative Human Area Networking Technology

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Advances in Digital Multimedia (ADMM) 118

Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012, ISSN 2166-2916Copyright © World Science Publisher, United States

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Red Tacton: An Innovative Human Area Networking

Technology

J. Arun Prakash

Department of Information Technology

S N S College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

[email protected]

ABSTRACT: Everybody wants to make the life simpler and thus scientists of NTT Labs are trying to develop a new

trend HAN [Human Area Network] in addition to the LAN, WAN & MAN that makes the transmission of signal, much

simpler through the human body. This new type of Network is popularly known to be Red Tacton. Its commonly known

fact that human body generates negative charges but a new research proved that communication is possible by just

handing a Red Tacton touch device in our pockets. All physical movements like touching, gripping, sitting, walking,stepping and so on are used as triggers for various processes of this equipment. In Red Tacton device, the extent to

which the optical properties of the body are changed is detected by laser light which is then converted to an electrical

signal by a detector circuit that makes the communication possible. It has broad application in the daily life of human

and expected speed is 10 MBPS. A study said that it will not affect human body and even the multiple communicationswill not affect the speed. It can be used efficiently by astronauts and physically disabled people to have an easy

communication. In this paper, I have discussed the principle, working and suggested the working environments where

the Red Tacton Technology has huge role to play.

Keyword: Red Tacton; HAN; NTT

I. INTRODUCTION

Communication plays an important role in our life. Our

life will be simple if safe, secure and easy

communication is possible. An efficient intra body

communication system is developed to provide a very

secure, fast communication by NTT Lab known to be

RED TACTON. Red- Warmth, T- Touch, and Acton-

Action stands for RED TACTON .If we could use the

human body itself as a transmission medium, then thiswould be an ideal way of implementing human area

networks because it would solve at a stroke all the

problems including low security, throughput reduction,

and high network setup costs.

II. RED TACTON

Lot of technologies is emerging everyday and they are

getting implemented in various fields to make our life

more convenient. We are familiar with the networks like

LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area

Network); MAN (Metro Politian Network) but here is the

new type of Human Area Network which is popularly

known to be Red Tacton.NTT Lab located at Japan iscurrently designing this technology. Red Tacton relies

upon the principle that the optical properties of an

electro-optic crystal can vary according to the changes of a weak electric field. They can be efficiently used in

security, medical field, and the device communication

field

III. WORKING

RedTacton induces the weak electric field on our body.

Similar to other transmission technologies, RedTacton

also has a Transmitter and receiver. Data is received

using a photonic electric field sensor that combines anelectro-optic crystal and a laser light to detect

fluctuations in the weak electric field on the surface of

the body caused by the transmitter. It is possible to haveduplex communication at the rate of 10 Mbps through

this Red Tacton Device.



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Fig 1 Working

Briefly, it uses human body as the path for the electrical

signals that leads to the better communication.Transmitter should be with the user and the receiver can

be with any device that needs data transfer .The laser

technology is employed in converting the electric field

into signals.

Fig 2 : Red Tacton Receivers

IV. TRANSCEIVER

Fig 3: Red Tacton Transceiver

Transmitter receives the signals from the interface.

Transmitter Circuit is activated once they receive the

signals from data Sense circuit .The electro optic sensor

studies the changes in the electric field of our body.

Fig 4 : Intra body Communication

V. FEATURES




Fig 5 : Features of Red Tacton

A. Touch

It establishes the communication with just a touch which

is the major feature of Red Tacton Device

B. Broadband &interactive

As the transmission path is our body surface,transmission speed does not vary in congested areas

where many people are communicating at the same time

Taking advantage of this speed, device drivers can be

downloaded instantly and execute programs can be sent.

C. Any Media

It’s possible for the Red Tacton device to work with any

type of device.

VI. APPLICATIONS

Red Tacton device has wide range of applications. Some

of the existing and newly innovated applications are

discussed below.

i. APPLICATION FIELDS

A. One to One Service

B. Intuitive operations

C. Personalization

D. New Behavior Pattern

A. one to One Service

1. Medicine Analysis

It is possible to make automatic alarm tone once you

touched the wrong medicine. So it can be implemented in

medical shops to make easy access.

Fig 6: Medicine analysis

2.Automation

Fig 7: Automation in Locking Fig 8:Automatic Cabin

Lock

Fig 9: Automatic ID Verification

A communications path can be created with a simple

touch, automatically initiating the flow of data between a body-centric electronic device and a computer that is

embedded in the environment.

If a person handles the Red Tacton device, then it’s

possible to have automatic ID authentication and Door lock facilities .High secure locking system can be

enabled.

3. MARKETING

If the system is commonly implemented, then people can just touch the devices to know the details about the

product. So automation in marketing will save a lot of time and it’s a very simple task for people too.




Fig 9: Marketing

B.INTUITIVE OPERATIONS

2. Printers

Fig 10: In Printing

Printouts can be taken just by touching the printer with

one hand and a PC or digital camera or any other device

with the other hand to make the communication link.Documents are printed after ID Confirmation. We can

transfer songs anywhere any time with high speed

2. Direct Data Exchange

Fig 11: Data Exchange

We can use this device to transfer visiting cards by

simply touching or hand shaking. Thus its easy for

people to transfer their details through red Tacton .

C. Personalization

1.Personalization of Automobiles and Cell Phones

Fig 12: Red Tacton in Driving

By using the PINs that are accesing through Red Tacton

Technology, its possible to stay away from hackers as

your body acts as the medium.

The seat position and steering wheel height adjust to

match the driver just by sitting in the car. The driver’s

home is set as the destination in the car navigation

system.

3. Head Sets

Fig 13: In Head Sets

Red Tacton can be helpful in transferring the music or

video between headsets, mobile phones, etc. Users can

listen to music from a Red Tacton player simply by putting on a headset or holding a viewer

D.NEW BEHAVIOUR PATTERN:




Fig 14 : Conference System

An embedded environment containing electrically

conductive sheet is enabled on the table. So a network

can be created simply placing the laptop on the table .

ii. OTHER APPLICATIONS

A. MEDICINE

It helps in easy identification of abnormal growth of

tumors and other unwanted tissue growths in our body.It

is highly secure. If the RedTacton technology is adopted

for an insulin pump for diabetes, it will gain acceptance

with those patients and medical professionals and new

uses will become apparent for this technology

B. MILITARY APPLICATIONS

Gun Security can be provided efficiently using this Red

Tacton Technology.If red Tacton technology is used,

then its not possible for the enemies to use our weapon

and to reprogram it. Even this technology could be

employed to prevent children from using owners gun.

The price of the RedTacton technology would need to be

competitive for this to be viable

VII. PROTOTYPES:

NTT has made three prototypes. They are

A.PC Card Transceiver

B. Embedded Receiver(Hub Type)

C.USB Transceiver(Box Type)

VIII. ADOPTATION

Some of the suggested areas to implement the technology

in future are listed in Tab.1.

IX. LIMITATIONS

The technology is very expensive to implement. It takes

more time to get popular among the people in market as

it is a new kind of network.

X. CONCLUSION

Red Tacton employs a proprietary electric field/photonics

Method, which overtakes the other methods in terms of Communication distance, transfer speed, and

interactivity. It is highly secure and impossible to get

hacked. It is a high speed network and well suited for

short distance communication. In future , where man is

destined to reach new heights of technology ,a trend like

RedTacton is likely to direct him in the right direction

giving him hope and motivation than any other

technology man is able to perceives on the human

centered interaction [7-9].

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author wishes to thank the reviewers for their

valuable comments and suggestions that makes the work

complete.

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Tab.1 Suggested areas to implement the technology in future

2012 2013 2014 2015

1.Develop the RedTacton

technology so that it can be used

by military forces in the rigors of

a war in a physically hostile

environment

2. Adopt red Tacton Technology

to make automation in insulin

monitoring so that patient can get

treatment in right time

3. Use Red Tacton Technology in

transferring visiting cards.

4.Use the technology in auto

locking of vehicle,mobiles.etc

1.Add the technology

common guns at

military like M16.

2.Use the technology to

update insulin contentinformation to the data

base automatically.

3.Use the technology in

uploading videos,song..

4.Use the technology to

lock home appliances

and bank lockers

1.Use the RedTacton

technology in other military

equipment such as computers

and communication devices

that require

security.

2. Use the technology to spot

the tumors and abnormal

tissue growth.

3.The bank database can be

updated by the users and newaccount creations will be

made easy.

4.The red Tacton device can

be used in transport systems

so that all visually

hallenged people can use

the transport efficiently

1.Add the technology to

most common guns at

local stations and guns

at market.

2.The 24*7 contact

between the patient and

the doctor could beestablished to get the

instant reports.

3.The technology can

be used in paying

current bill,ration shops

etc.

4.The

Technology

Can helpExplorers

Communicat

e easily inSpace and

Water

BIOGRAPHY

Mr.J.Arun Prakash is doing his second year bachelor degree in Information Technology at SNS College of

Technology, India. He is also acting as the technical

coordinator of WSP and RTP member of Intellectbase

International Consortium. He has also published papers

in various other conferences and journals