Cost-effective wearable sensor to detect EMF

In this paper we present the design of a cost-effective wearable sensor to detect and indicate the strength and other characteristics of the electric field emanating from a laptop display. Our Electromagnetic Field Detector Bracelet can provide an immediate awareness of electric fields radiated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vaucelle, Catherine Nicole, Ishii, Hiroshi, Paradiso, Joseph A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Association for Computing Machinery 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61994
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4918-8908
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0719-7104
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Summary:In this paper we present the design of a cost-effective wearable sensor to detect and indicate the strength and other characteristics of the electric field emanating from a laptop display. Our Electromagnetic Field Detector Bracelet can provide an immediate awareness of electric fields radiated from an object used frequently. Our technology thus supports awareness of ambient background emanation beyond human perception. We discuss how detection of such radiation might help to “fingerprint” devices and aid in applications that require determination of indoor location.