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News Release 16-023

Security with the wave of a wand

Dartmouth project designs cybersecurity measures for home-based health care

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Man jolds a commercial prototype of Wanda device

Dartmouth professor David Kotz demonstrates a commercial prototype of Wanda, imparting information such as the network name and password of a Wi-Fi access point onto a blood pressure monitor.

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wanda device prototype

Wanda is a small hardware device that has two antennas separated by one-half wavelength and uses radio strength as a communication channel.

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Two men and a woman in a medical office

Dartmouth computer scientist David Kotz leads a team that conducts NSF-funded research in the secure use of mobile and cloud technology for health and wellness applications.

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Photo of Brace prototype device on a hand and a person working on computer

In addition to Wanda, the THaW team conducts research related to mobile and cloud technology for health and wellness applications and experiments with new mobile health devices like the BRACE prototype (above), which prevents unwarranted access to hospital workstations.

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