According to KAUST researchers, human body communication (HBC) can provide highly secure and power-efficient data transmission among wearable, implanted and ingested medical devices.
The findings open the way for the interconnection of long-lasting wireless devices as the foundation for the IoB.
The internet of things (IoT) is a technology framework in which a variety of devices can be interconnected to provide a broad range of data on the world around us. Autonomous vehicles and smart homes, for example, rely on IoT technologies for monitoring and control.
The researchers believe this same philosophy can be applied to monitoring our own bodies and alerting us to health signals.
“The IoB is a network of wearable, implantable, ingestible and injectable smart objects that allows for in-, on- and off-body communications,” said researcher Ahmed Eltawil. “For example, smartwatches, smart shoes, pacemakers and cochlear implants could be interconnected to monitor...