Monitoring Vital Signs Through Walls
February 14, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
“EPIC” is the acronym Plessey Semiconductors (Plymouth, UK) has given to its electric potential integrated circuit system which monitors remote devices by changes in electrical fields. For example, two small sensors can be attached to a sweater (or ultimately incorporated into the fabric) and the EPIC receiver can detect heart functions (i.e. ECG) at some distance from the wearer and through walls. MORE