Red Tacton

Future of communication

Submitted by: Swati S.kumar ECE, 7sem,IV year

BACKGROUND
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NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation) in Tokyo, Japan developed a new breakthrough with a human area networking technology RED TACTON in 2005

HAN Human Area Network the last meter Transmits data utilizing bodys electric field.
The body becomes its own Ethernet cable

High speed up to 10 mbps Very secure

RED-warmth TACTON-T for touch,ACTON for action

PRINCIPLE OF RED TACTON

PRINCIPAL OF RED TACTON

Redtacton is based on the principle that optical properties of electro-optic crystal can vary according to changes in electric fields

Only a portion of the induced electricfield is sensed by the receiving RED TACTON device . The remaining electric fields are dissipated to the ground The electric field Es that reaches the receiver is Es = Ea (Eb + Ec)

HOW RED TACTON WORKS?

HOW RED TACTON WORKS?

Using a new super-sensitive photonic electric field sensor, RedTacton can achieve duplex communication over the human body at a maximum speed of 10 Mbps. 1. The RedTacton transmitter induces a weak electric field on the surface of the body. 2. The RedTacton receiver senses changes in the weak electric field on the surface of the body caused by the transmitter. 3. RedTacton relies upon the principle that the optical properties of an electro-optic crystal can vary according to the changes of a weak electric field. 4. RedTacton detects changes in the optical properties of an electro-optic crystal using a laser and converts the result to an electrical signal in a optical receiver circuit

FEATURES

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

BROADBAND AND INTERACTIVE

Duplex, interactive communication is possible at a maximum speed of 10Mbps.

Transmission speed does not deteriorate in congested areas

ANY MEDIA

CONDUCTORS and DIELECTRICES can be used

RED TACTON TRANSRECEIVER BLOCK DIG.

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.

FUTURISTIC APP

PROTOTYPES

HUB TYPE

BOX TYPE

PC CARD TYPE

RED TACTON USB

COMPARISON
Wireless

P=POOR E=EXCELLENT

Evaluation criteria

Wireless LAN

Close Contact Passive Infrared data RED range les IC wireless communication TACTON wireless cards ID tag P P E P P E P P P P P E E E E

Communicatio Transfer speed n Performance deterioration during performance

periods consegation of Duplex data transfer

E
E E

User convenience

Data configuration at initiation of communications Tasks required at time of each communication

Synchronization with user behavior

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E
P

P
E

E
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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

COMMERCIALISATION
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

Microsoft last year patented a system for "transmitting power and data using the human body". It's based on the IBM concept, but MS sees the technology being used primarily for power, rather than data transfers

ADVANTAGES
Faster Secure Less power consumption Communication in congested and routine life is easy and possible. Wired connection can be replaced. Reliability

DISADVANTAGES
It has no compelling applications that arent already available.

Too costly.

Widespread marketing campaigns and education.

CONCLUSION
We conclude that, when we compare Red Tacton with other technology present today it can give a better performance over others.

And 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

REFRENCES
www.redtacton.com www.tribuneindia.com www.ntt.co.jp www.technologyreview.com http://www.redtacton.com/en/info/index.html www.snant.com/fp/archives/red-tacton-one-for-thetranshumanists-among-us http://www.redtacton.com/en/prototype/index.html http://www.redtacton.com/en/tech/index.html http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/04/28/redtacton.html http://www.newstarget.com/006276.html http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/