Check out the Skintenna – this is a wireless antenna which channels signals along human skin, broadcasting signals all over one’s body in order to connect with medical implants as well as other compatible portable gadgets. This new development will definitely be welcome in the medical fraternity, as it introduces the possibility of making more of established medical devices like pacemakers or help future implants distributed around the body to function as one. Developed at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, the antenna is roughly the size of a hockey puck and yet is powerful enough to stay connected to other gadgets located on your body. Will there be negative side effects like harmful radiation or anything of that sort?
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