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RedTacton
[Dept. of E&C, SCTIT]
ABSTRACT
Can you imagine locking or unlocking a door simply by touching
the doorknob? Or
being able print a document by placing one hand on the copy
machine and the other on your
laptop? It may sound like science fiction but is actually a very
real possibility thanks to a new
close-range communication technology called RedTacton.
This was first developed by Japanese NTT (Nippon Telephone &
Telegraph), the new
close-range communication technology RedTacton takes wireless
communication a step
further by replacing the radio waves used for transmission over
Bluetooth, IR and similar
technologies with the minute electrical field emitted by the
human body. NTT claims the
invention heralds the dawn of Human Area Networking (HAN), a
network where
communication takes place via RedTacton transceivers embedded in
devices like PCs and
cameras, and in tags carried in, for example, the user's pocket.
The connection is not initiated
until he or she physically touches two different
RedTacton-enabled devices, say, a laptop and
a printer. Calling it an "intuitive and natural" technology, NTT
points out that any human
movement - be it touching, gripping, sitting, walking or
stepping - can serve as triggers for
unlocking or locking, starting or stopping equipment, or
obtaining data.
This network linking is possible using any body surfaces, such
as the hands, fingers,
arms, feet, face, legs, etc. RedTacton works even through shoes
and clothing. Using
RedTacton enable devices, music from our digital audio player in
our pocket would pass
through our clothing and suits over our body to headphones in
our ears. Instead of fiddling
around with the cable to connect your digital camera to your
computer you could transfer
pictures just by touching the PC while the camera is around your
neck and since data can pass
from one body to another you could also exchange electronics
business cards by shaking
hands.
