NTT Introduces Commercial RedTaction 'Firmo' Security Device

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NTT Firmo Security Kit. Credit: NTT
NTT Firmo Security Kit. Credit: NTT

NTT has developed a means to harness the Human Area Network to create Firmo. Firmo utilizes RedTaction which is a human body communication technology. It uses the surface of the human body as a transmission path. The Firmo Kit is used as an alternative to short-range wireless security card entrance/exit systems. NTT claims Firmo provides a higher degree of security than other technologies.


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