ADVANCED COMMUNICATION THROUGH FLESH

REDTACTON
ABSTRACT:

Our body could soon be the backbone of a broadband personal data network linking your mobile
phone or MP3 player to a cordless headset, your digital camera to a PC or printer, and all the
gadgets you carry around to each other. RedTacton is a new; it is completely distinct from
wireless and infrared. A transmission path is formed at the moment a part of the human body in
contact with a RedTacton transceiver. Physically separating ends the contact and thus ends
communication. Human Area Networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as
a safe, high speed network transmission path. Uses the minute electric field emitted on the
surface of the human body .Technically according to the user's natural, physical movements.
Communication is possible using any body surfaces, such as the hands, fingers, arms, feet, face,
legs or torso. RedTacton works through shoes and clothing as well. Here, the human body acts as
a transmission medium supporting half-duplex communication at 10Mbit/s. The key component
of the transceiver is an electric-field sensor implemented with an electro optic crystal and laser
light.
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Abstract
This paper describes a novel networking technology, called RedTacton, developed by NTT.
RedTacton could ultimately let people transfer data to each other's handhelds by means of a
handshake or a slap on the back. Using a transmitter embedded in, say, a PDA, RedTacton sends
a 5-volt pulse along the surface of the body. The human body shunts most of this electricity to
the ground, resulting in a weak electric field that can be modulated to carry signals. The receiver
is located either on another part of the body - a component of a hands-free headset or in an
acquaintance's PDA. As it senses modulations in the electric field, the receiver decodes them to
recover the data. While a good idea, RedTacton unfortunately has no compelling applications
that aren't already available. It doesn't work reliably yet and has also been experiencing face
perception problems among the general public.
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Abstract
Much of Networking today is performed using the concept of wireless technology. Now we are
furiously rising to a technique that will be more advantageous than the previous system.
Networking that is performed using wired or wireless media requires high power capacities and
usually meets up with traffic congestion, data loss and security problems. The new material that
we have found to be sound enough to build the next generation of Networking is Red Tacton.
This technology mainly enables communication between people and objects in close proximity.
It enables ubiquitous services based on human-centered interactions and therefore more intimate
and easier for people to use. It utilizes the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed
network transmission path thus forming the concept of Human Area Networking. The
embedding of Red Tacton in real time networks to perform complex networking tasks are dealt
with in this paper which takes Red Tacton a step further.
Red Tacton “ A Description
In this technology communication starts by touching (Touch), leading to various actions (Act on)
and the color red is added to convey the meaning of warmth in communication. Combining all
the phrases we get the word Red Tacton
Principle of Communication
A Red Tacton consists of a transceiver and an electro optical sensor crystal which is used for
sensing the optical property of the electrical field on the surface of the body.
RedTacton PC card prototype
RedTacton uses the minute electric field emitted on the surface of the human body. Technically,
it is completely distinct from wireless and infrared. A transmission path is formed at the moment
a part of the human body comes in contact with a RedTacton transceiver. Physically separating
ends the contact and thus ends communication. Using RedTacton, communication starts when
terminals carried by the user or embedded in devices are linked in various combinations
according to the user's natural, physical movements. Communication is possible using any body
surfaces, such as the hands, fingers, arms, feet, face, legs or torso. RedTacton works through
shoes and clothing as well.
Using a new super-sensitive photonic electric field sensor, RedTacton can achieve duplex
communication over the human body.
Abstract

-Human area networking (HAN) is an emerging trend

in the field of communication. Red tacton is a technology that
uses human body as a medium for transfer of data. Red tacton
uses IEEE 802.3 standard to achieve a data rate of 10Mbps. Red
tacton transceivers use the body's electrical field to transmit
digital messages. Optical crystal and laser technology converts
the changes in electrical field back into a signal at the receiver.
This method of data transfer is harmless. This method is user
friendly and fast . It also has an additional advantage of being
independent of the environment in which it is used in. The major
disadvantage posed by this method is noise interference. This
causes loss of data in other words security lapse.We use an
improved vascular pattern extraction algorithm for person
verification applications. The proposed direction-based vascular
pattern extraction (DBVPE) algorithm is based on the directional
information of vascular patterns.The solution posed by us is
towards the drawback faced by the red tacton. The best solution
is the embedded solution. This method uses the near-infrared
light , reflected or transmitted images of blood vessels of a hand
or finger are derived and used for personal recognition. The
person using the tacton has to scan his vascular pattern. For this,
we use a Micro-Controller chip and vascular pattern Image
processing is done by the micro-controller and if the image
patterns match then data flow takes place through the human
skin . If the images do not match a buzzer beeps as an alert and
data transfer is denied . This gives maximum safety to the data
present in the tacton.
ABSTRACT:-
Technology is making many things easier; I can say that our concept is standing
example for that. So far we have seen LAN, MAN, WAN, INTERNET & many more
but here is new concept of “ RED TACTON ” which makes the human body as a
communication network by name .... HAN (Human Area Network).
NTT lab from Japan is currently testing & developing this
revolutionary technology .RedTacton is a new Human Area networking technology that
uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path. Red
Tacton uses the minute electric field generated by human body as medium for
transmitting the data. The chips which will be embedded in various devices contain
transmitter and receiver built to send and accept data in digital format.
In this paper we will discuss about red tacton, and its working States, and
Applications of red tacton various fields. And we will compare our red tacton with the
Other technology for data transmission. And know about human area network.