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BODYHACKING
Internet of Things of the Future
W
ouldn’t it be nice to get things done
with just a wave of the hand? Like
when paying you bills, all you have
to do is wave your hand in front
of the scanner. Or maybe let your
car engine start once you wave in
front of your car’s ignition to prove you are
authorized to use it. All this conve-
nience relies with the power of your
hand, and is soon possible with
Bodyhacking.

Sounds too futuristic?
Well technology has already
advanced through this stage
and is making bodyhacking a
possibility. Hannes Sjöblad, a
famous Swedish bodyhacker, ex-
perimented with this technology,
by implanting electronics, including
a passive Near-Field Communications (NFC) trans-
mitter, into his own hand. When he wants to start
his car, he just waves in front of the ignition, when
he wants to open a door, he waves at the digital lock,
when he wants to order coffee, and all he has to do
is wave his hand! Apparently his everyday chores are
done with just a wave of the hand!

Sjöblad explained to a group
of journalists at CeBIT Preview 2016
in Hannover, Germany, that he sees
bodyhacking as the next step of
wearable computing. Though we
could wear rings, use, phones,
bracelets and gadgets to host
small electronics, the real future
would still be embedded electron-
ics. With Sjöblad’s experiment,
this kind of future doesn’t seem that
far away after all. Photo Source: Kristallen
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