developed that can do these things and
REDTACTON:
Presented by
VETRISELVI.I (IIIRD-ECE)
EMAIL:vetriselvi_i@yahoo.com
SHARMILA.B(IIIRD-ECE)
(I.F.E.T COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING)
ABSTRACT:-
Imagine getting in a car and having it
adjust its settings to the way you like
them, grabbing a door handle that knows
if you are authorized to open it or
shaking hands with someone and
invisibly exchanging electronic business
cards. What if you could walk into a
room and connect to a network just by
setting your laptop on a table? In 2020,
whipping out your mobile phone to
make a call will be quaintly passé. By
then phones will be printed directly on to
wrists, or other parts of the body.
Who can imagine that soon our body can
be the backbone of a broadband personal
data network linking our mobile phone
or MP3 player to a cordless headset, our
digital camera to a PC or printer, and all
the gadgets one carries around to each
other?. A system that has been
others by using your body to create a
high-speed computer network called
RedTacton.
RedTacton enables the first practical
Human Area Network between body-
centered electronic devices and PCs or
other network devices embedded in the
environment via a new generation of
user interface based on totally natural
human actions such as touching,
holding, sitting, walking, or stepping on
a particular spot. Similar weak electrical
fields can be found around many objects,
including those made from metals,
plastic, glass, ceramics and liquids,
which mean they can also be part of a
RedTacton networks.
A person equipped with a sensor can
exchange data with another person
carrying a sensor by shaking hands, and
between a person and a device by
touching it, walking on it or sitting on it.
INTRODUC TION:-
RedTacton is a new Human Area
Networking technology that uses the
surface of the human body as a safe,
high speed network transmission path.
RedTacton uses the minute electric field
emitted on the surface of the human
body. Technically, it is completely
distinct from wireless and infrared. A
HOW REDTACTON WORKS?
transmission path is formed at the
Using a new super-sensitive photonic
moment a part of the human body comes
electric field sensor, RedTacton can
in contact with a RedTacton transceiver.
achieve duplex communication over the
Physically separating ends the contact
human body at a maximum speed of 10
and thus ends communication. Using
Mbps.
RedTacton, communication starts when
terminals carried by the user or
embedded in devices are linked in
various combinations according to the
user's natural, physical movements.
Communication is possible using any
body surfaces, such as the hands,
fingers, arms, feet, face, legs or torso. 1. The RedTacton transmitter induces a
RedTacton works through shoes and weak electric field on the surface of the
clothing as Well 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 an optical
receiver circuit.
Note that RedTacton transceivers which
integrate transmitters and receivers are
also available.
MECHANISM OF
COMMUNICATION WITH
REDTACTON:-
The transmitter sends data by inducing
fluctuations in the minute electric field
on the surface of the human body. Data
Human society is entering an era of
is received using a photonic electric field
ubiquitous computing, where everything
sensor that combines an electro-optic
Is net worked. By making Human Area
crystal and a laser light to detect
Networks feasible, Redtacton will enable
fluctuations in the minute electric field.
ubiquitous Services based on human-
centered interactions and therefore more
intimate and easier for people to use.
THREE FEATURES OF
REDTACTON:-
Redtacton has three main functional
features.

ABOUT HUMAN AREA

NETWORK:-
In addition to the WANs (Internet) and
LANs, there are applications best served
by Human Area Networks (HANs) that
connect the last meter.
 TOUCH:- Maximum communication speed may be

Touching, gripping, sitting, walking, 10 mbps depending on the usage

stepping and other human movements environment

can be the triggers for unlocking or

locking, starting or stopping equipment,
or obtaining data.

Communication speed can deteriorate in

crowded spaces due to a lack of
bandwidth. Device drivers can be
downloaded instantly and executable
programs can be quickly sent. Taking
advantage of this speed, device drivers
can be downloaded instantly and execute
programs can be sent.
Using RedTacton, communication starts
ANY MEDIA:-
when terminals carried by the user or
In addition to the human body, various
embedded in devices are linked in
conductors and dielectrics can be used as
various combinations through physical
transmission media. Conductors and
contact according to the human's natural
dielectrics may also be used in
movements
combination*.
BROADBAND AND INTERACTIVE:-
CONDUCTORS:-
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.
DIELECTRICS:- RedTacton devices embedded medicine

Signals travel through materials bottles transmit information on the

medicines' attributes. If the user touches
the wrong medicine, an alarm will
trigger on the terminal he is carrying.
The alarm sounds only if the user
CONDUCTORS+DIELECTRIC actually touches the medicine bottle,
S:- reducing false alarms common with

Combination of traveling along and passive wireless ID tags, which can

passing through materials trigger simply by proximity.

MARKETING
APPLICATIONS:-
When a consumer stands in front of an
advertising panel, advertising and
A communication environment can be
information matching his or her
created easily and at low-cost by using
attributes is automatically displayed. By
items close at hand, such as desks, walls,
touching or standing in front of items
and metal objects. There are limitations
they are interested in, consumers can get
on the length of the conductor to be
more in-depth information.
propagated, on installation locations, and
on the thickness of the dielectric to be
passed through five major application
fields using RedTacton are introduced.
ELIMINATION OF HUMAN
ERROR

Brochures only of products of interest to

the visitor can be downloaded
automatically at trade shows. Inside a
shop, shoppers can view related
information on their mobile terminals INSTANT PRIVATE DATA
immediately after touching a product. EXCHANGE:-
INTUTIVE OPERATION:-
RedTacton transceivers embedded in
two terminals can communicate not only
data
But also the control or configuration
instructions needed to operate devices.
Cable connections are eliminated. The
body itself is used as transmission
medium

o By shaking hands, personal

profile data can be exchanged
between mobile terminals on the
users. (Electronic exchange of
business cards)
o Communication can kept private
authentication and encryption
technologies
o Group photos taken with digital
cameras are instantly transferred
Print out where you want just by
to individual's mobile terminal.
touching the desired printer with one
o Diagrams written on white
hand and a PC or digital camera with the
boards during meetings are
other hand to make the link.
transferred to individual's mobile
Complicated configurations are reduced
terminals on the spot
by downloading device drivers "at first
touch”. Display notebook PC screen on
projectors with just a touch. Transfer
songs to portable music players from
notebook PCs with just a touch
PERSONALISATION:- media, and this has the potential to

Digital lifestyle can be instantly create new behavior patterns.

personalized with just a touch. A pre-

recorded configuration script can be
embedded in a mobile terminal with
built-in RedTacton transceiver. When
another device with RedTacton
capabilities is touched, personalization
o NTT redacton device turns your
data and configuration scripts can be
body into swipe card
downloaded automatically.
Japanese telecom company NTT is soon
PERSONALISATION OF
to launch a product that transmits data
AUTOMOBILES:-
via your body, effectively turning you
• Just sitting in the seat triggers the
into a touch-technology swipe card.
car to load all its presents, just
RedTacton is a card-like gadget that you
way you like
simply carry anywhere on your person,
• The seat position and steering
and it transmits data via electric fields &
wheel height adjust to match the
mdash a world's first according to NTT
driver by sitting in the car.
CONFERENCING SYSTEM
• The driver's home is set as the
destination in the car navigation
system.
• The stereo plays the driver's
favorite song.
• Touching the TV remote control
triggers a filter/search routine
according to your personal
programming preferences
APPLICATION FIELDS:-
NEW BEHAVIOUR PATTERN
Various conductors and dielectrics can
be used as RedTacton communication
An electrically conductive sheet is
 Carrying a mobile RedTacton-
embedded in the table. A network
capable device in one's pocket,
connection is initiated simply by placing
ID is verified and the door
a lap-top on the table using different
unlocked when the user holds the
sheet patterns enables segmentation of
doorknob normally.
the table into subnets. Walls and
 Secure lock administration is
partitions can be used as communication
possible by combining personal
media, eliminating construction to install
verification tools such as
electrical wiring.
fingerprint ID or other biometric
SECURITY APPLICATION:-
in the mobile terminal
 Automatic user authentication
 Automated car door lock/unlock
and log-in with just a touch.
just by touching the handle;
 ID and privileges are recorded in unlocking a bicycle just by
a mobile RedTacton device. sitting on it. As a pass in
 Corresponding RedTacton amusement facilities
receivers are installed at security
COMMUNICATION IN NEW
check points.
DOMAIN:-
 The system can provide
authentication and record who
touched the device.
USER VERIFICATIONS AND
LOCK MANAGEMENT AT
Potential for use as communication
ENTRANCES:- method in outer space and under water
Potential for use as communication
method with devices inside the human
body
RedTacton does not require the electrode
be in direct contact with the skin. High
speed communication is possible
between two arbitrary points on the makes long-distance and high-speed
body. body surface transmission possible.

CONCLUSION:-
Human society is entering an era of
ubiquitous computing, where everything
is networked by making Human Area
Networks feasible, RedTacton will
enable ubiquitous services based on
human-centered interactions and
therefore more intimate and easier for
With the electric amperage method, a people to use. RedTacton is an exciting
clear signal line and ground line are new technology for human area
required. With the electric voltage networking. RedTacton system
method, capacity coupling can supporting two-way intrabody
substitute. Therefore, the electrode does communication at a rate of 10 Mbit/s
not have to be in direct contact with the between any two points on the body.
skin.

REFERENCES:-
• www.tipie.com
• www.howstuffworks.com
• www.redtacton.com
• www.gigapedia.com
On the other hand, photonic electric field
sensors used in RedTacton 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