- View more resources from this publisher
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Tooltip
These resources have been reviewed and selected by STEM Learning’s team of education specialists for factual accuracy and relevance to teaching STEM subjects in UK schools.
Body Centric Antenna
In this activity, from the Institution of Engineering and technology (IET), students investigate a use of electronic systems to improve health care.
They study a case where a Body Centric Antenna (BCA) increases the speed at which data can be made available to health professionals and produce a short promotional leaflet to explain the potential health benefits of BCAs.
In the future, implanted BCA-enabled sensors in the human body could sense many changes in bodily functions. This might include changes such as monitoring blood pressure to warn of the danger of a stroke. Alternatively, a sensor could monitor blood sugar levels in diabetics and send a warning when the level is too high or too low.
This resource is supported by the videos Body Centric Communications and Engineering for the greater good - Engineers Without Borders.
Related resources can be found in the Body Centric Communications collection.
Curriculum links include:
Waves and communications,wavelength, frequency, electromagnetic radiation, penetration, absorption, infrared, microwaves, RF (radio frequency), diabetes.
Show health and safety information
Please be aware that resources have been published on the website in the form that they were originally supplied. This means that procedures reflect general practice and standards applicable at the time resources were produced and cannot be assumed to be acceptable today. Website users are fully responsible for ensuring that any activity, including practical work, which they carry out is in accordance with current regulations related to health and safety and that an appropriate risk assessment has been carried out.
Downloads
Show downloads
-
-
Body centric antenna (handout) 2.11 MB
-
Pacemaker case study 1.76 MB
Download all files as a .zip4.86 MB
Information on the permitted use of this resource is covered by the Category Three Content section in STEM Learning’s Terms and conditions.
