‘Skin-tenna’ wireless signals creep over human skin

June 9, 2008 | Source: New Scientist Tech

A wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin could broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants such as pacemakers or portable gadgets.

(QUB/W Scanlon)

(QUB/W Scanlon)

Developed at Queen’s University in Belfast, the new design’s ability to produce signals that travel along the skin makes it more efficient than existing battery-hungry technologies such as Bluetooth.