Graduate shows 2016: this range of conceptual implants designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Lesley-Ann Daly allows wearers to track their health using sound.
The Anthropomorphic Sensory Augmentation collection features a cardiac monitor, nutrition tracker and toxicity evaluator, all of which are connected to an auditory mediator ? an in-ear device worn like a pair of headphones.
The Body Area Network enables the user to hear devices implanted in the body that track and communicate physiological health data ? click for larger image
The mediator would give the wearer "enhanced" hearing, allowing them to tune into the three implanted health trackers, from which they would receive different tones and sounds as feedback.
"By appropriating the intuitive qualities of sound, this communication method allows for a more visceral connection to the information and therefore the body," said Daly, who refers to the system of connected implants as "ultrasonic intra-body communication". The cardiac monitor measures rhythms and cardiac health, reporting the wearer on strains and optimum rates for an effective workout ? click for larger image
"This Body Area Network (BAN) enables you to be able to hear numerous devices implanted in your body that are tracking and communicating your physiological health data."
The cardiac monitor would be placed in the heart to measure rhythms and cardiac health, alerting the wearer to strain and reporting ba...