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An implanted medical device can dramatically improve a person’s quality of life<\/a> — or even save their life<\/a> outright.<\/p> However, the devices come with serious security vulnerabilities,<\/a> and it’s not hard to imagine the damage a person could do by hacking someone’s pacemaker, insulin pump, or brain implant<\/a>.<\/p> Now, researchers from Purdue University have found a way to prevent hackers from intercepting the wireless signals used to communicate with implanted devices — and their creation<\/a> could ensure the “internet of body” remains secure in the future.<\/p> Many people monitor their implants via electronic devices, such as smart watches or smartphones, with the implants and devices communicating over Bluetooth.<\/p> Those wireless signals can extend as far as 10 meters away from a person’s body, according to the Purdue researchers – meaning someone in the vicinity of the implant owner could intercept the information — and perhaps manipulate it.<\/p> In a new paper<\/a> published in the journal Scientific Reports<\/em>, the researchers detail how they created a prototype watch that avoids this issue.<\/p> According to the researchers, their watch can receive a signal from anywhere on a person’s body, but instead of communicating over Bluetooth, the electrical signals travel through the person’s own body fluids to reach the watch, never extending more than one centimeter beyond the person’s skin.<\/p> As a bonus, the system also requires 100 times less energy than Bluetooth, according to the researchers — but its ability to protect incredibly sensitive communications could be reason enough for the technology to replace Bluetooth for implant applications in the future.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Your body is your internet – and now it can’t be hacked<\/a> [Purdue University]<\/p> More on implants:<\/strong> New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post This Tech Could Secure Medical Implants Against Hackers<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the rest here: Heart Hack An implanted medical device can dramatically improve a person\u2019s quality of life \u00a0\u2014 or even save their life outright. However, the devices come with serious security vulnerabilities, \u00a0and it\u2019s not hard to imagine the damage a person could do by hacking someone\u2019s pacemaker, insulin pump, or brain implant . Now, researchers from Purdue University have found a way to prevent hackers from intercepting the\u00a0wireless signals used to communicate with implanted devices \u2014 and their creation could ensure the\u00a0\u201cinternet of body\u201d remains secure in the future Continue reading Watch This<\/h2>
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