Intrabody Buses for Data and Power

While wearable computers are empowering fashion accessories, they bring with them a tangle of wares which connect their parts. As these subsystems begin to decouple and operate on less power, it becomes possible to wirelessly distribute their required data and power using to the wearer’s body. We have demonstrated systems that transmit and receive both data and power, and are working to combine the two.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: ISWC
• Authors: Rehmi Post, Matthew Reynolds, Matthew Gray, Joseph A. Paradiso, Neil Gershenfeld
• Keywords: Fashion Accessories, Human Computer Interaction, ISWC 1997, Wearable Computers, Wearer’s Body