Press Release 2017
First Demonstration of a 5G Wireless Implant
Middletown, NJ, April 1, 2017/PN Newswire/ - Wireless Service Providers the world over have been developing and testing wireless systems using the emerging fifth generation wireless technologies. Some, like AT&T and Verizon Wireless, wasted no time announcing plans to roll out 5G trials in several U.S. cities this year. Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, ZTE and Huawei, as well as chipset manufacturers Intel, Qualcomm, Qorvo and many others, are racing to provide the Gbps throughput and near 1 msec latencies that 5G promises. But what is it for?
Voice capacity and text messaging are already well handled by 4G networks; in fact, voice traffic and SMS messaging are on the decline. But data access for web surfers and mobile video consumers is rising fast and demanding ever more capacity in wireless networks. Moreover, machine to machine communications and vehicular communications for self driving cars are often suggested as new markets that will take advantage of 5G and flourish as new markets and revenue streams for the mobile operators.
Many others suggest that the Internet of Things (IoT), where sensors and machine-connected devices access the wireless network, will be the next major revenue source enabled by 5G.
Spectrum Financial Partners and the New York’s East River University Longarm Medical Center, have teamed up with the East River’s wireless laboratory to demonstrate the first use of 5G for direct broadband wireless communications with implanted sensors and transceivers.
Previously, Cochlear™ Implants have used short range wireless connections to Bluetooth and sound processors; but, today, Spectrum Financial Partners announces the implantation of a mobile phone into one of their employees, Mr. Yorick, the first human to have a fully capable 5G cellular device implanted in his cranium and electrically connected to the cochlea and vestibular nerves, the ones for hearing and for balance. In addition, a microphone picks up sounds via bone conduction for two way communications. The vestibular nerve connection provides a unique and exciting experience for Mr. Poor Yorick. Mr. Poor Yorick is given a particularly vivid virtual-reality sensation like a rollercoaster ride with every web download, tweet, text or email he receives.
The microphone picks up the sounds of his clenched teeth and screams, and passes these sounds along to Siri™, returning an often relevant low-latency voice and data response to his new-and-improved inner ear. So far in his recovery from the operation, Mr. Poor Yorick just falls down a lot; but, with neurological therapy, Poor is expected to be able to perceive a web site about, for example, oceans, as a sensation of bobbing up and down and up again as if afloat in a hurricane. How exciting!
Dragoon Someoreforya, a director of wireless research in Nokidya Belt Labs, assessed the demonstration, saying: “It’s fun to watch Mr. Yorick’s eyes glaze over as billions of bits per second tickle his inner ear. Poor Yorick, I knew him as a man of infinitely fast jets and excellent fancy, now he can retrieve data back a thousand times faster, gamboling as he does and tripping in a flash.” He continued, “It’s a shame that the system is pre-standard, so the implant will have to be replaced as the 5G system is finalized.” “Ahhhhhh,” moaned Mr. Poor Yorick.
East River University’s Dr. Join Rosky, chair of the department of Otolaryngology, performed the operation and praised Mr. Yorick’s quick recovery and fast adaptation to the implant, and was pleased with the implant’s ability to monitor the subject’s behavior and save the data in servers in Moscow. “We hope,” he said, “to develop apps that will read the subject’s thoughts even before he speaks. Preferably before they speak.”
When asked about the potential harm from radiating radio waves into the brain tissue, the radio engineers were quick to point out that the brain tissue does more harm to the cell phone implant than the other way around. “The tissue absorbs and shields the radio equipment and reduces its range of operation,” said Steve Wilkus of Spectrum Financial Partners. “We’ve used the new 600 MHz spectrum for better transmission of signals through the skull than the older and higher frequencies used in 4G wireless systems.”
“We just hope that the battery lasts until we install the upgraded standard compliant modem next April Fools’ Day,” Steve added.
About Spectrum Financial Partners, (www.SpectrumFinancialPartners.com)
Spectrum Financial Partners, LLC manages private equity funds investing in radio spectrum licenses. We provide consultations and valuation services for maximizing the utility of radio licenses. Spectrum Financial Partners celebrates the progress and utility of wireless technology and hope that you enjoy the April Fools’ Day humor. We thank Dragan Samardzija of Bell Labs and Dr. Thomas Roland of NYU-Langone Medical Center for sharing a similar sense of humor and allowing us to use their (slightly garbled) names.###