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    RedTacton is a personal area network technology that allows devices to communicate through the body's electric field without needing wireless or physical connections. It works by using transceivers that transmit data through changes in the body's electric field, which are read by another transceiver using an electro-optic crystal and laser. The presenters propose the technology could be used for applications like gun control systems and medical devices but recognize challenges include the costs and time needed for further development before widespread adoption.

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    RedTacton is a personal area network technology that allows devices to communicate through the body's electric field without needing wireless or physical connections. It works by using transceivers that transmit data through changes in the body's electric field, which are read by another transceiver using an electro-optic crystal and laser. The presenters propose the technology could be used for applications like gun control systems and medical devices but recognize challenges include the costs and time needed for further development before widespread adoption.

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    RedTacton is a personal area network technology that allows devices to communicate through the body's electric field without needing wireless or physical connections. It works by using transceivers that transmit data through changes in the body's electric field, which are read by another transceiver using an electro-optic crystal and laser. The presenters propose the technology could be used for applications like gun control systems and medical devices but recognize challenges include the costs and time needed for further development before widespread adoption.

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    Red Tact On

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    RedTacton is a personal area network technology that allows devices to communicate through the body's electric field without needing wireless or physical connections. It works by using transceivers that transmit data through changes in the body's electric field, which are read by another transceiver using an electro-optic crystal and laser. The presenters propose the technology could be used for applications like gun control systems and medical devices but recognize challenges include the costs and time needed for further development before widespread adoption.

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    RedTacton

    Personal Area Network


    Wendy Beatty
    Dianne Brotherson
    Rachel Corron
    Agenda
     Overview
    – What is it?
    – How does it work?
     Potential Applications
    – Gun Control
    – Consumer
     Viability
    – Competitive landscape
    – Projections
    What is RedTacton?
     HAN – Human Area Network – the last meter
     Transmits data utilizing body’s electric field
    The body becomes its own Ethernet cable
     High speed – up to 10 mbps
     Very secure
     Uses a transmitter
    and a receiver, or
    a transceiver,
    which provides
    both functions
    How it works
    Point to
    Point
    Network

    Transceivers
    exchange
    information
    – no server

    Optical
    properties of
    electro-optic
    crystal –
    varies based
    on electric Data received using photonic electric field sensor combined
    field with electro-optic crystal and laser light
    Step by Step
     Transmitting transceiver creates a change
    in the field
     Receiving transceiver recognizes the
    change in the electric field
     Electro-optical crystal uses laser to convert
    and read the signal
    Security
     Requires physical contact
    Must be wearing the transceiver and touching something else
    with a transceiver
     Less potential for wireless interference
    and between other RedTacton devices
     Allows for encryption and authentication
     Programmable
    You decide what to share with whom and what devices you
    communicate with
    Caveats
     No military experience
     Not members of the NRA
     Only experience with the military and guns
    is from TV and movie exposure
    Staged Adoption
     2008
     Must-do
     Develop the
    technology
    Staged Adoption

     2009
     May-do
     Develop the
    technology for a
    high-end military
    weapon
     Viper – tank missile
    Staged Adoption
     2010
     May-do
     Develop the
    technology for
    standard military
    weapon
     M-16
    Staged Adoption
     2011
     May-do
     Develop the
    technology for
    other military
    equipment
     Howitzer
    Staged Adoption
     2012
     May-do
     Develop the
    technology police
    forces
    Staged Adoption
     2020
     May-do
     Develop the
    technology guns
    sold in the U.S.
    Other Applications
     Medical
    - insulin pump
     Consumer
    – Turnstile
     General Security
    – Swipe card
    Competitive Viability
     Power of Buyers v. Power of Suppliers
    – Power is with the device manufacturers
    – What is a device?
     Cell phones, PDA’s
     Any device we wish to communicate with
    – Buyers may demand monetary benefit to include new
    technology
     New technology may require significant design changes
     R&D still needed
    – Government, Military, or medical professionals
    Competition
     Bluetooth
     Zigbee
     IrDA
     UWB
     Skinplex
     Verichip
    Obstacles
     Time & cost
     Needs to gain popularity to pull instead of
    push
     Widespread marking campaigns and
    education
     Not useful unless many people adopt it
    Predictions
     Medical
    – This area has the financial resources available
    for Research and Development and it also has
    the potential to be beneficial to a large
    percentage of the population. 
    Predictions
     Military
    – If the military adopts this technology is it
    likely the public would never see it.

     Consumer Applications
    – Necessary funding for continued R&D does
    not make this a likely scenario in the next
    decade
    Questions?

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