1.

Abstract

2. How RedTacton works?

3. Mechanism of communication with RedTacton

4. How to download files via flesh?

5. Three Features

6. Comparison with other network technologies

7. Applications

8. Key issues

9. Conclusion

Red Tacton is a human area network technology that uses the surface of the human body as a safe high
speed network transmission path. The technology is called TACTON because this influences
communication, that starts by touching (Touch) leading to various actions (ACTON).RED is used to
convey the meaning of warmth in communication.
Red Tacton takes a different technical approach. Instead of relying on electromagnetic waves or light
waves to carry data, a Red Tacton transmitter couples with extremely weak electric fields on the surface
of the body. The weak electric fields pass through the body to a Red Tacton receiver, where the weak
electric field affects the optical properties of an electro-optic crystal. physically separating ends the
contact and thus closes the communication .Communication is possible using any body surfaces such as
hands, fingers, arms, feet, face legs or torso.

The Red Tacton chips will be embedded in machines and contain a transmitter and receiver built to send
and accept any form of data stored in a digital format. The chip then takes any type of file — such as an
MP3 music file or e-mail — and converts it into digital pulses that can be passed and read through a
human being’s electric field. The chip in the receiving device reads these tiny changes and converts the
file back into its original form

Several "human body communication" technologies using the human body as a transmission medium
have been reported in the past. But Red Tacton employs a proprietary electric field/photonics method,
which surpasses the other methods in terms of communication distance, transfer speed, and interactivity.

Using a new super-sensitive photonic electric field sensor, Red Tacton can achieve
duplex communication over the human body at a maximum speed of 10 Mbps.
1. The Red Tacton transmitter induces a weak electric field on the surface of the body.
2. The Red Tacton receiver senses changes in the weak electric field on the surface of the body caused
by the transmitter.
3. Red Tacton 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. Red Tacton 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.

It is to be noted that Red Tacton transceivers which integrate transmitters and receivers are also
available. The physical layer enables half-duplex communication (transmission and reception are done
alternatively) using a proprietary CSMA/CD protocol. As with Ethernet cards, each transceiver card has
a unique MAC address. The upper layer above this is compliant with standard TCP/IP protocols.

The transmitter sends data by inducing fluctuations in the minute electric field on the surface of the
human body. The surface of the human body loses some field due to the electric field returning to
ground and electric field dissipated to the earth from the legs. Data is received using a photonic electric
field sensor that combines an electro-optic crystal and a laser light to detect fluctuations in the minute
electric field. This sensor measures faint electric fields by using a laser beam to detect fluctuations in the
optical properties of an electro-optic crystal that are caused by peripheral electric fields.
The illustration is as shown in the figure. It clearly depicts various paths of the field.

The crackling sensation one feels when shocked by static electricity is caused by an electric current of
several dozen milli-amperes suddenly flowing into the body from the outside. The Red Tacton electrode
is covered with an insulating material, no current flows into the body from the Red Tacton transceiver.
As a result, there is no shock caused by the inflow of electric current from the outside. However, as in
mobile phones, a weak induction current is created in the body owing to the minute electric filed created
near the body when the movement occurs. This induction current is very weak and similar to those
occurring in everyday life. The size of the induction current emitted on the body with Red Tacton is in
conformity with the "Radio Frequency-Exposure Protection Standard <RCR STD-38> established by
the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB).

Red Tacton uses the human body as a path for the electric signals that are communicated to represent
data. The transmitter worn on a body uses the body’s electrical field to transmit digital messages. For
example, by shaking hands two people can exchange business cards. When a user touches a door handle,
the system realizes who the person is and gives the authorization. By holding a camera in one hand and
touching the printer with the other the photographs can be printed. By touching a mobile phone the
address book can be downloaded.

The signal wave form observed on the body is as shown in the figure. How ever a distinction between a
electric sensor and a photonic electric field sensor is also illustrated. Photonic electric field sensors used
in Red Tacton can measure stand-alone contacts without being influenced by grounds. As a result, the
received waveform is not distorted, regardless of the receiver location. This makes long-distance and
high-speed body surface transmission possible.

Red Tacton has three main functional features. They are touch, broadband & interactivity, any media
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. Using RedTacton,
communication starts when terminals carried by the user or embedded in devices are linked in various
combinations through physical contact according to the human's natural movement.

BROADBAND & INTERACTIVITY: Duplex, interactive communication is possible at a maximum

speed of 10Mbps. Because the transmission path is on the surface of the body, transmission speed does
not deteriorate in congested areas where many people are communicating at the same time.
ANY MEDIA: In addition to the human body, various conductors and dielectrics can be
used as transmission media. Conductors and dielectrics may also be used in combination.
A communication environment can be created easily and at low-cost by using items close
at hand, such as desks, walls, and metal objects.

Red Tacton uses the electric field that occurs naturally on the surface of the human body for
communication. Transmitter and receiver electrodes are covered with insulating films. No current flows
into the body from the Red Tacton transceiver.

There is no current flowing from the Red Tacton transceiver; however, the body indirectly receives a
minute electric field. This causes electrons already present inside the body to move, creating a minute
displacement current. This displacement current is similar to those occurring in everyday life.

Red Tacton is in conformity to the "Radiofrequency-exposure Protection RCR standard (RCR STD-38)"
issued by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB).
The comparison with other technologies is as shown. Unlike wireless and infrared technologies, the
transfer speed and other features can be termed as outstanding and exhibits remarkable ability to cope up
with the frequent updates that are introduced.

Infrare
Wireless
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Standa
Passi
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Wireless data Tacton
Evaluation criteria range ss IC wirele
LAN comm
wireless cards ss
uni-
ID tag
cation
Transfer speed
(Can DVD-quality images E P P P P E
be sent?)
Performance
deterioration
during periods of
congestion P P E E E E
(Simultaneous use by
many
people in small spaces)
Duplex data transfer
E E E P E E
(Interactive processing)
Data configuration at
initiation of
communications E E P P E E
(Registration of ID
profiles, etc)
Tasks required at time of
each communication
E E P E P E
(Adjustment of contacts
and optical axis)
Synchronization with
user behavior
P P E E P E
(Specification of
user positioning)

The applications are quite intuitive.

 Carrying a mobile Red Tacton capable device in one’s pocket
ID is verified and the door unlocked when the user holds the
doorknob normally .similarly secure lock administration is
possible by combining personal verification tools such as
finger print ID or biometric in the mobile terminal

In human body it is
used to detect
A Red Tacton receiver in cabinet where important
ailments such as
documents are stored enables lock administration and
abnormal growths,
keeps a record of who accessed documents at what
tumors, and
time. Thus only authorized persons can have the
excrescences
access
affected tissues and
thus helps in allowing providing a cure.

Red Tacton allows communication in outer space and in water

where the speech constraints are very high and thus enables a
highly efficient means of expression of speech which is
beyond the purvey of human beings.

By shaking hands the ID and all information of people can be exchanged without the necessity of speech
and so vital information can be exchanged. Also communication can be kept private which is the
 essentiality of business environment.

►The communication method is inherently different from wireless technologies, so there is no

interference with wireless equipment that uses frequencies intermittently. However, communication may
not be possible in some circumstances where the electric field is influenced by a powerful source of
noise in the usage environment.

►Multiple transceivers can be used simultaneously. This is because Red Tacton uses a proprietary
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection) protocol that allows multiple
accesses with the same medium from multiple nodes.

►The upper layer protocols have not been specified in the Red Tacton system. .So highly secure
communication is possible by combining the system with encryption and other procedures. So
information cannot be tapped or rather hacked.

►The physical layer enables half-duplex communication (transmission and reception are done
alternatively) using the proprietary CSMA/CD protocol. As with Ethernet cards, each transceiver card
has a unique MAC (medium access control) address. The upper layer above this is compliant with
standard TCP/IP protocols.

► Red Tacton can be treated as a standard network device. Therefore, current network application
software running on the Ethernet or on other TCP/IP protocol-based networks will run without
modification.
► Large-scale integration in the future will shrink size and power consumption to allow the transceivers
to be embedded in mobile phones, other mobile terminals, and in other types of formats such as
Compact Flash Card, SD-card, and Memory Stick.
►There is likelihood that this technology is misused. So it is highly necessary that it is used for ethical
and moral purposes and help to further the cause of human welfare.

Human society is entering an era of ubiquitous computing, where everything is networked.

By making Human Area Networks feasible, Red Tacton will enable ubiquitous services based on
human-centered interactions and therefore more intimate and easier for people to use, when networks
are seamlessly interconnected and information is always accessible at our fingertips. . The existing
networks namely Wide Area Networks (WAN), typically via the Internet, to remotely connect all types
of severs and terminals, Local Area Networks (LAN), typically via Ethernet or Wi-Fi connectivity
among all the information and communication appliances in offices and homes; and Human Area
Networks (HAN) for connectivity to personal information, media and communication appliances within
the much smaller sphere of ordinary daily activities. However compared to the technologies Red Tacton
is definitely having an upper edge given its versatility and omni-features.

In the days to come where man is destined to scale new heights of technology ,a technology like
Red Tacton is likely to propel him in the right direction giving him hope and motivation than any other
technology man is able to perceive.

References

IEEE communication magazine

www.redtacton.com
www.ieee.com
www.technology4u.com
www.howthestuffworks.com