Current technologies restrict the speed biological research can be conducted. The majority of research requires invasive procedures (time consuming and prone to health risk). The adoption rate of technologies is impeded by the requirement of wearing technology or undergo surgery. Implants or the wearing of devices reduces convenience, is physically limiting, and is viewed as being visually unattractive.
I believe that with the removal of these limitations, the speed of which research is conducted will 'explode' - people will be able to perform their daily functions, with full range of motion, without having to wear any devices or be hooked up to equipment.
DARPA has recognized this, and is pushing magnetic field sensing to a new era with through the “Atomic Magnetometer for Biological Imaging In Earth’s Native Terrain (AMBIIENT) program”. They want to be able to read the magnetic field generated by the body without needing the subject to be shielded from the Earth’s magnetic field.
I am expecting the Darpa initiative to be successful. I am looking to discuss how it might be possible to remotely read biological signals, leveraging our environment.
I offer the following information in support of the idea:
- the brain processes data in different areas that are all partially electrically isolated from the rest and that react to distinct frequencies
- there are specific frequencies generated by the brain that either act as synchronizing signals or are the result of higher level processing of signals
- the nervous and immune systems connect to the brain, transmit signals to different parts of the body, and only allow ‘signals’ to go one way on each nerve
- the organs transmit and receive information to and from the brain through the nervous system – this must happen at some frequency
- each organ functions at specific frequencies
- everyone’s brain has a unique signature
- the brain processes signals in a way that allows for some parts of the brain to work “as one” – therefore higher intensity electrical signals are generated and these signals may be structurally the same for everyone
- tiny magnetic fields are generated by the brain and other parts of the body (Bio-magnetism)
- the brain can be affected by the application of a magnetic field
- magnetic fields can be manipulated with light
- we have magnetic materials in our brain
- magnetic coupling can be performed through sealed metal walls
- humans have the ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic field (another article here)
- information can be passed between two non-contacting surfaces using inductive coupling
- the surface of the human body can be used as an antenna
I have a couple of idea’s as to how you might induce / extract signals from the human body, leveraging that bio-matter is non-linear and that everyone’s brain signatures and heart beats are unique:
- use a high-gain or specifically tuned antenna to directly read signals generated by the body
- broadcast two or more RF signals at the body – this will cause new signals to be generated in the body. Each new signal will be the difference between each of the signals being broadcast. Example: if you broadcast one signal at 2,000 Hz and another at 2,100 Hz then a 100 Hz signal will be introduced into the body
- we currently use magnets to induce signals in the brain – perhaps this could be an alternative?
- broadcast multiple RF signals on an individual and extract biological signals by receiving those same signals and their harmonics - then compare the differences across them
- record all of the signals being generated by the body using multiple points of reference - then use mathematics to reconstruct the ‘core signals’ based on the differences between the signals across each point of reference (note that technology like this already exists, but it is not being used on the body)
- reading bio-photons, or the energy generated during their generation or when they are transmitted
- electromagnetic coupling with the human body
- applying the principle that two resonant objects of the same resonant frequency tend to exchange energy efficiently, while interacting weakly with extraneous off-resonant objects - note that in this method, a side band signal would be present, enabling the ability to introduce a secondary signal into the organ
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