Session 27 overview: Directions in health, energy & RF

Improvements in semiconductors translate quickly into improvements in human health care, energy conservation, and high-frequency communication. The reduction in size and power of diagnostic and health-monitoring equipment demonstrates the impact of these trends. Efficiency improvements in electronics and harvesting of ambient energy in many forms increasingly allow ubiquitous electronic monitoring. Networked communication across the world, across the room or across the human body; all these are offshoots of increased awareness of power use coupled with novel communication methods.