1. Wendy Beatty Dianne Brotherson Rachel Corron RedTacton Personal Area Network

2. Agenda Overview Overview –What is it? –How does it work? Potential Applications Potential Applications –Gun Control –Consumer Viability Viability –Competitive landscape –Projections

3. What is RedTacton? HAN – Human Area Network – the last meter HAN – Human Area Network – the last meter Transmits data utilizing body’s electric field Transmits data utilizing body’s electric field The body becomes its own Ethernet cable High speed – up to 10 mbps High speed – up to 10 mbps Very secure Very secure Uses a transmitter and a receiver, or a transceiver, which provides both functions Uses a transmitter and a receiver, or a transceiver, which provides both functions

4. How it works Point to Point Network Transceivers exchange information – no server Optical properties of electro-optic crystal – varies based on electric field Data received using photonic electric field sensor combined with electro-optic crystal and laser light

5. Step by Step Transmitting transceiver creates a change in the field Transmitting transceiver creates a change in the field Receiving transceiver recognizes the change in the electric field Receiving transceiver recognizes the change in the electric field Electro-optical crystal uses laser to convert and read the signal Electro-optical crystal uses laser to convert and read the signal

6. Security Requires physical contact Requires physical contact Must be wearing the transceiver and touching something else with a transceiver Must be wearing the transceiver and touching something else with a transceiver Less potential for wireless interference and between other RedTacton devices Less potential for wireless interference and between other RedTacton devices Allows for encryption and authentication Allows for encryption and authentication Programmable Programmable You decide what to share with whom and what devices you communicate with You decide what to share with whom and what devices you communicate with

7. Caveats No military experience No military experience Not members of the NRA Not members of the NRA Only experience with the military and guns is from TV and movie exposure Only experience with the military and guns is from TV and movie exposure

8. Staged Adoption 2008 2008 Must-do Must-do Develop the technology Develop the technology

9. Staged Adoption 2009 2009 May-do May-do Develop the technology for a high-end military weapon Develop the technology for a high-end military weapon Viper – tank missile Viper – tank missile

10. Staged Adoption 2010 2010 May-do May-do Develop the technology for standard military weapon Develop the technology for standard military weapon M-16 M-16

11. Staged Adoption 2011 2011 May-do May-do Develop the technology for other military equipment Develop the technology for other military equipment Howitzer Howitzer

12. Staged Adoption 2012 2012 May-do May-do Develop the technology police forces Develop the technology police forces

13. Staged Adoption 2020 2020 May-do May-do Develop the technology guns sold in the U.S. Develop the technology guns sold in the U.S.

14. Other Applications Medical Medical - insulin pump Consumer Consumer –Turnstile General Security General Security –Swipe card

15. Competitive Viability Power of Buyers v. Power of Suppliers Power of Buyers v. Power of Suppliers –Power is with the device manufacturers –What is a device?  Cell phones, PDA’s  Any device we wish to communicate with –Buyers may demand monetary benefit to include new technology  New technology may require significant design changes  R&D still needed –Government, Military, or medical professionals

16. Competition Bluetooth Bluetooth Zigbee Zigbee IrDA IrDA UWB UWB Skinplex Skinplex Verichip Verichip

17. Obstacles Time & cost Time & cost Needs to gain popularity to pull instead of push Needs to gain popularity to pull instead of push Widespread marking campaigns and education Widespread marking campaigns and education Not useful unless many people adopt it Not useful unless many people adopt it

18. Predictions Medical Medical –This area has the financial resources available for Research and Development and it also has the potential to be beneficial to a large percentage of the population. –This area has the financial resources available for Research and Development and it also has the potential to be beneficial to a large percentage of the population.

19. Predictions Military Military –If the military adopts this technology is it likely the public would never see it. Consumer Applications Consumer Applications –Necessary funding for continued R&D does not make this a likely scenario in the next decade

20. Questions?