Innovating implants: The future of connectivity is in your hands

Researchers David Yang (left) and Sen demonstrate how their technology enables streaming music through the body, from a smartphone to external speakers. — Purdue University image/Greta Bell

For now, humans rely on devices for connectivity, but imagine a future where the human body becomes the conduit for data transfer.

Purdue University engineer Shreyas Sen said in a report on the university’s website that his lab is working on an invention that could turn the human body into a network for connecting devices.“Right now, our gateway to the Internet is this very exciting box in our hands. We find ourselves heads down, looking at it for a significant fraction of our awake time.