Computer scientists at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, are working to develop a wearable electronic device that identifies a person’s unique physiological responses, such as heart rate, skin response, or other physiological data. The worn device could then use that information to coordinate and protect the person's own medical devices, such as pacemakers, against being tampered with by hackers.
A number of researchers have previously shown that medical devices are vulnerable to hacking.
They proposed a device that can be worn on the wrist like a watch. It could then automatically and securely connect to peripheral devices kept in a pocket, ingested, or implanted.
