The research done for the bus was done 10 years ago when two gentlemen exchanged email addresses with a handshake.
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RFID is a program that uses human skin to transfer information. The too could be
useful if the issue of unlocking doors and other mechanisms is addressed. Use of RFID
watches. RFID chips can be as small as 1 mm. RFID chips use radio frequencies to transmit
the information
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Effects of Electromagnetism
rate
(Hz)namedescription
0-3deltadeep restoritive non_REM sleep, indicative of pathology such as schizoid when
present in substantial quantities during consciousness.
3-7thetadeep sleep, memmory, hypnogogic states
7-11alpharelaxation, REM (low alpha-high theta)
11-20betaconsciousness
20-upsuper-betaextreme excitable states, problem solving
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In 1996, IBM Thomas Simmermann researched PAN technology using the natural conductivity of
the human body. Saline increases conductivity of the human body and creates an external
electric field. The current is a nanoamp. (COMDEX)
"Combing your hair creates a creater current than the current used to tranfer the information"
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Human skin is being used as a data-medium. This site has a picture of the skin.
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An example was giving that a 100Hz signal could be used to power one device and a
150 Hz signal could be used to power another. "... data signals can be modulated on top
of these power signals."
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This site mentions the fact that a 195kHz signal was used to transmit the information.
US30298143
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Inventors: Williams; Lyndsay (Cambridge, GB); Vablais; William (Woodinville, WA); Bathiche; Steven N. (Bellevue, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.: 559746
Filed: April 27, 2000
Current U.S. Class: 455/100; 455/41.1; 455/95; 455/127.1
Intern'l Class: H04Q 007/20
Field of Search: 455/40,41,95,100,106 340/333 379/55.1 341/33
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References Cited [Referenced By]
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U.S. Patent Documents
4755816 Jul., 1988 DeLuca 340/7.
5796827 Aug., 1998 Coppersmith et al. 713/182.
6104913 Aug., 2000 McAllister 455/41.
6118882 Sep., 2000 Haynes 381/374.
6211799 Apr., 2001 Post et al. 341/33.
6223018 Apr., 2001 Fukumoto et al. 455/41.
6282407 Aug., 2001 Vega et al. 455/41.
6424820 Jul., 2002 Burdick et al. 455/41.
Other References
"Bio/Analogics Technology Resources"; downloaded from: http://www.bioanalogics.com/technology,htm on Apr. 26, 2000, 2 pages.
"Bio Analogics Technology --Body Compositions Techniques"; downloaded from: http://www. bluetooth.com/text/bluetoothguide/intro/intro.asp on Apr. 26, 2000, 1 page.
"The Official Bluetooth SIG Website --Text"; INTRO downloaded from: http://www.bluetooth.com/text/bluetoothguide/intro/into.asp on Apr. 26, 2000, 1 page.
"The Official Bluetooth SIG Website --Text, Mobile Phone"; Bluetooth Introduction downloaded from: http://www.bluetooth.com/text/bluetoothguide/intro/intro. asp?action=bt4u&sort=mobphone on Apr. 26, 2000, 1 page.
"Wireless connections made easy"; Specification of the Bluetooth System, Specification vol. 1, Core, Dec. 1.sup.st 1999, pp. 1-32.
"Popular Mechanics Technology Watch: Walking Powers Electronics"; downloaded from: http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/sci/tech/9903TUEEDM.html on Apr. 26,2000, 1 page (Mar. 1999).
"Personal Area Networks: Near-field intrabody communication"; IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, No. 3&4, 1996 --MIT Media Lab, 11 pages.
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T. Zimmerman, the man who did his masters thesis on the idea of tranferring information via human
skin wrote this article. He did not mention anything regarding skin in this article, meaning
that he either is inconvinced of its probability or he is sure that there are better methods
for tranferring the information
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Zimmermann's actual research with IBM.
Nearfield communication can operate at 0.1 - 1 MHz modulated by small ("inexpensive")
microcontrollers.
Prototype: "For example, the prototype PAN transmitter operates at 330 kilohertz (KHz) at 30
volts with a 10-picofarad electrode capacitance, consuming 1.5 milliwatts discharging the
electrode capacitance. A majority of this energy is conserved (recycled) by using a resonant
inductance-capacitance (LC) tank circuit."
"PAN devices may deliver channel capacities of 100 Kbits per second"
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