Wireless Personal Information Carrier System

In Phase I we have developed a Wireless Personal Information Carrier (WPIC) with full wireless download/upload capability incorporating an efficient battery-generated power supply. The WPIC hardware was demonstrated to the Army at the Ninth Annual American Telemedicine Association Conference in Tampa, Florida. In Phase II we will undertake major redesign and optimization efforts to improve the WPIC in five areas: (1) increase effective wireless communication data rates to at least 16 Mbps by operating over multiple communication channels with efficient bandwidth reduction; (2) increase memory storage capacity from the present 1 GB to at least 4 GB in the final prototype; (3) improve data/imagery/audio/video compression for maximum compression rates without data degradation; (4) incorporate data encryption techniques for secure medical data storage; and (5) develop efficient WPIC packaging with a rugged enclosure and innovative ZOFLEX conductive material for protection of contacts from environmental conditions. At the end of Phase II we will run tests, including rigorous MIL-SPEC series, on the WPIC system.