With RedTacton, No Need to Carry a Card
- Technological fields
- Terminal, Software Technologies
- Keyword
- Electric field communication
- Security
- Digital divide
- Laboratory organization
- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories
Overview
RedTacton is a new communication technology. It is electric field communication*, which uses the secondary radiation field expressed on the surface of the human body. By wearing a terminal, the body itself can be used as a transmission path. The user can thus, for example, make electronic payments while shopping using natural movements. RedTacton will play a beneficial role in bridging the digital divide in areas such as electronic payment.
Features
- Charging and electronic payment can be done with natural movements, such as touching, stepping, grabbing, sitting, etc.
- Taking out keys or cards from purses and wallets will become unnecessary
- RedTacton provides peace of mind and high security from eavesdropping because it emits electrical field
Application scenarios
- Charging, payment, nursing/medicine/health care
- Total office security: managing entries and exits, opening/closing cabinets, controlling printers, locking PCs
- Walk-through gate, automobile key, game controller
- * Generally called “body area network.” To dispel the notion that this technology has an effect on the human body, NTT is calling it “electrical field communication.”
