RED TACTON

Human Area Network

Human Area Network

What is Red Tacton?Red Tacton is a new Human Area Networking technology.

Uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path.

It uses the minute electric field emitted on the surface of the human body.

Developed by NTT from Japan.

Claims to send data over the surface of skin.

Attains a speed up to 10 Mbps --- equivalent to a fast broadband connection.

Uses weak electric fields on the surface of human body instead of relying on EM waves or light waves.

RedTacton

Red Tacton Transceiver

PrincipleRed 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.

Block Diagram of RedTacton Transceiver

Experiment on Human Body

Human Safety

The transmitting and receiving electrodes of the transceiver are completely covered with insulated film.

Impossible for current to flow from the transceiver to the human body.

When communication occurs, displacement current is generated by the electrons in the body because body is subjected to minute electrical fields.

How Red Tacton works?

Touching, gripping, sitting, walking, stepping and other human movements can be the triggers for unlocking or locking, starting or stopping equipment, or obtaining data.

Touch

Communication speed can deterioratein crowded spaces due to a lack ofBandwidth (wireless LAN).

Device drivers can be downloaded instantly and executable programs can be quickly sent.(RED TACTON).

Any Media In addition to the human body, various conductors and dielectrics can be used as transmission media. Conductors and dielectrics may also be used in combination

FIRMO

Firmo Kit is used as an alternative to short-range wireless security-card entrance/exit systems.

NTT claim Firmo provides a higher degree of security than other technologies.

Body-based networking is more secure than broadcast systems.

Network congestion due to fall in transmission speed in multi user environments is avoided.

It has no compelling applications that aren’t already available.

Too costly.

Widespread marketing campaigns and education.

One-to-One services

An alarm sounds automatically to avoid accidental medicine ingestion.

Touching advertising and receive information

Intuitive operation of personal information devices

Touch a printer to print

Instantaneous private network via personal handshake

Device personalization

Just sitting in the seat triggers the car to load all its presets as the way you like.

Just touching a phone makes it your own.

New behavior patterns

Connect to the network just by putting a lap-top on a table

Wireless headset

Security applications

User verification and unlocking with just a touch

Automatic access log for confidential document storage

Conclusion

We conclude that, when we compare Red Tacton with other technology present today it can give a better performance over othersAnd we can say that to connect the network with in short distances Red Tacton is best.In this technology there is no problem of hackers as our body is itself a media.

Future Developments

Reduction in size to be embedded in other communication devicesArtificial Intelligence in Red Tacton