Human body communication (HBC) and wireless body area networks (WBANs) represent emerging paradigms in the field of personalised medicine and wearable technology. These systems utilise the human body ...

Introduced by electrical engineers from the University of California, San Diego, a new wireless communication method works by sending magnetic signals through the human body, and offers a lower-power, ...

Imagine a heart patient with a pacemaker—one of the millions who rely on these tiny, implanted devices to keep their hearts beating steadily. While pacemakers save lives every day, their ability to ...

Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune function — a hidden “sixth sense” called interoception. Now, Nobel laureate Ardem ...

Radio waves are poorly suited for water-based environments such as the ocean, or even the body. A relatively large amount of energy is required for RF signal propagation in water because it is ...

Every feeling in our body, from a pang of hunger to a wave of nausea to a jolt of pain, stems from a constant dialogue between our body and brain. This crosstalk is so subtle that we remain largely ...

Zarlink Semiconductor introduced the world's first transceiver chip designed exclusively for wireless communication systems that link implanted medical devices and base stations. Merging RF (radio ...