Humans may become 'wireless towers' in the future

Hello, I'm Jim Linton VK3PC with another from the Weird 'N Wonderful file.

Now here's a development that will send shivers right down the spines of those fearful of wireless radiation, make the blood of some reach boiling point or throw their arms up in the air in pure disbelief.

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast are looking to improve the reliability of modern wireless systems. They believe that humans could be turned into wireless towers to create what they call body-to-body networks.

A five year research project is investigating how small sensors carried by people could communicate with each other to create a ubiquitous wireless networking paradigm.

This would provide enhanced bandwidth needed when too many people use their phone in the same cell area, help the service to penetrate weak signal areas or black holes and counteract drop outs that result from interference.

In a rapidly developing science of body centric communications, new sensors carried by everyone with a mobile phone would interact with each other and wireless devices embedded in local surroundings to transmit data, providing anytime, anywhere mobile network connectivity.

The technology also promises to open up the use of wireless communications in a wider range of activities including law enforcement and first responder teams, sports applications through to medical monitoring of patients in their own homes.

Jim Linton VK3PC

Wireless Institute of Australia

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