{"id":6182,"date":"2023-12-04T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=6182"},"modified":"2024-07-19T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T00:47:27","slug":"body-internet-may-eliminate-the-need-for-smartphones-by-changing-how-we-use-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q4\/body-internet-may-eliminate-the-need-for-smartphones-by-changing-how-we-use-technology","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Body internet\u2019 may eliminate the need for smartphones by changing how we use technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

What if the end of the smartphone era is caused by the ability to use your skin \u2014 instead of a screen or even voice commands \u2014 to interface with the internet? Or by using your mind to control devices without looking at them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Innovations being developed at Purdue University may not only help reverse the trend of putting every possible task on a smartphone or other single device, but also completely change how humans have interacted with devices so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a few years, this might look like making a payment by touching a machine with your finger instead of with a credit card or smartphone. Maybe you could access a GPS route with your feet or transfer a file to someone by shaking their hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in 15 to 20 years, imagine adjusting the thermostat of your home just by thinking that you want a cooler or warmer temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue professor\u00a0Shreyas Sen<\/a>\u2019s lab is working to turn this future into a reality through inventions allowing your body to be your local internet connection for devices that you wear, hold or have within you, such as a pacemaker. People could do the same digital tasks and more, but use their physical touch and eventually their minds rather than a screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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