Send ECGs From a Body Sensor to an Android Phone on a Body Area Network (BAN)

You’ve heard of LANs (local area networks), WANs (Wide Area Networks), perhaps even PANs (personal area networks). But, how about BANs (Body Area Networks)? That’s what New Scientist reports on here:

Body organs can send status updates to your cellphone

Extremely low power electrocardiogram sensor nodes are attached to the body and transmit data wirelessly to Android powered phones. A custom hardware interface on the Android phone receives this wireless data. The systems developer, Julien Penders, notes that other types of sensors could be used in this way too.

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