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Bioacoustics-Based Human-Body-Mediated Communication

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Thad E. Starner,

Gregory D. Abowd,

Omer T. InanAuthors Info & Claims

Computer, Volume 50, Issue 2

Pages 36 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2017.43

Published: 01 February 2017 Publication History

Abstract

An acoustics-based method can utilize the human body as a communication channel to propagate information across different devices. The proposed system can propagate acoustic signals under 20 kHz within or between human bodies and even between the human body and the environment. The web extra at https://youtu.be/6Vo3gm5oJnM illustrates human-body-mediated communication concepts discussed in the article.

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Do YSingh SLi ZCraig SWelch PShi CStarner TAbowd GDas S(2021)Bit Whisperer: Enabling Ad-hoc, Short-range, Walk-Up-and-Share Data Transmissions via Surface-restricted AcousticsThe 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3472749.3477980(1345-1357)Online publication date: 10-Oct-2021
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Kim JKim MLee WYoon S(2023)VibAware: Context-Aware Tap and Swipe Gestures Using Bio-Acoustic SensingProceedings of the 2023 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction10.1145/3607822.3614544(1-12)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3607822.3614544
Do YSingh SLi ZCraig SWelch PShi CStarner TAbowd GDas S(2021)Bit Whisperer: Enabling Ad-hoc, Short-range, Walk-Up-and-Share Data Transmissions via Surface-restricted AcousticsThe 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3472749.3477980(1345-1357)Online publication date: 10-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472749.3477980
Ma DWu YDing MHassan MHu W(2020)Skin-MIMO: Vibration-based MIMO Communication over Human SkinIEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications10.1109/INFOCOM41043.2020.9155298(784-793)Online publication date: 6-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/INFOCOM41043.2020.9155298
Zhang CXue QWaghmare AMeng RJain SHan YLi XCunefare KPloetz TStarner TInan OAbowd GMandryk RHancock MPerry MCox A(2018)FingerPingProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3174011(1-10)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3173574.3174011

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