692802 news 1790253749 1790273169 <![CDATA[Engineers Connect Health Wearables and Implants Using the Body as the Network]]> Using the human body to transmit signals, Georgia Tech engineers have created a wireless networking system that allows tiny implantable sensors and actuators to communicate with each other as well as wearable devices. 

Their system means devices can work together like never before, sensing in one part of the body and triggering a therapeutic response elsewhere — perhaps releasing medicine or stimulating a nerve. 

Described Sept. 24 in the journal Science, their communication method is expandable to include multiple interconnected devices across the body, even deep inside the stomach.

Read the full story on the College of Engineering website.

]]> 2026-09-24T00:00:00-04:00 Inspired by the ionic signaling of our nervous system, researchers built sensors and therapeutic devices that can communicate and coordinate with each other through tissue.

]]> 681241 image <![CDATA[alex-abramson-implants-wearables-network-8665-t.jpg]]> Lead study author Ramy Ghanim (left) and co-author Joy Jackson test an small implantable device alongside Assistant Professor Alex Abramson. In a new Science paper, they describe a networking system that connects therapeutic implants and wearable devices by using the body's natural conductivity to send tiny signals.

]]> 265609 image/jpeg Joshua Stewart
College of Engineering

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