Human-Centric Collaboration and Industry 5.0 Framework in Smart Cities and Communities: Fostering
Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 9, and 11 in Society 5.0 https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/7/4/68
Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 9, and 11 in Society 5.0 https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/7/4/68
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Intro
From any perspective or how everway you look at it, the evolving outlook forecasted for the future, as proposed by globalists through international summits and strategic visions, is deeply rooted toward advancing and unifying humans, nature, and the environment (all living things) with digital and emerging technologies.
This vision is ubiquitous across research papers, standardization bodies such as the ITU’s IMT-2030 framework and the IEEE, and corporate roadmaps from leading tech firms, which advocate for seamless connectivity to deliver personalized healthcare, sustainable urban systems, and environmental monitoring. These initiatives, championed by organizations like the World Economic Forum and the United Nations, promise a world with integrated networks and humans. 6G technologies and beyond underscore this commitment, positioning humans and nature as the foundation of a connected, sustainable tomorrow. Indeed, without humans, this conversation would not exist.
This vision is ubiquitous across research papers, standardization bodies such as the ITU’s IMT-2030 framework and the IEEE, and corporate roadmaps from leading tech firms, which advocate for seamless connectivity to deliver personalized healthcare, sustainable urban systems, and environmental monitoring. These initiatives, championed by organizations like the World Economic Forum and the United Nations, promise a world with integrated networks and humans. 6G technologies and beyond underscore this commitment, positioning humans and nature as the foundation of a connected, sustainable tomorrow. Indeed, without humans, this conversation would not exist.
What is Cutting Edge Technology?
Cutting-edge technology refers to the latest, most advanced, and innovative technological developments that push the boundaries of what's possible. These technologies are often at the forefront of their fields, offering significant improvements in performance, efficiency, or functionality compared to existing solutions. Examples include advancements in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and renewable energy systems. Cutting-edge tech is typically characterized by its novelty, high potential for impact, and ongoing refinement, often driving progress in industries and society.
Cutting-Edge Technology in 2025: Revolutionizing the Future
https://epicsoft360.com/cutting-edge-technology-in-2025/
What Is Cutting-Edge Technology? Definition, Examples, and 2025 Trends
https://www.cisin.com/coffee-break/what-is-cutting-edge-technology-definition-examples-and-trends.html
Top 10 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Explode in 2024
https://cmcglobal.com.vn/digtal-transformation/top-10-cutting-edge-technologies-to-explode-in-2024/13
Cutting-Edge Technologies That May Soon Be Making A Big Impact
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2021/02/04/13-cutting-edge-technologies-that-may-soon-be-making-a-big-impact/
Cutting-Edge Technology in 2025: Revolutionizing the Future
https://epicsoft360.com/cutting-edge-technology-in-2025/
What Is Cutting-Edge Technology? Definition, Examples, and 2025 Trends
https://www.cisin.com/coffee-break/what-is-cutting-edge-technology-definition-examples-and-trends.html
Top 10 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Explode in 2024
https://cmcglobal.com.vn/digtal-transformation/top-10-cutting-edge-technologies-to-explode-in-2024/13
Cutting-Edge Technologies That May Soon Be Making A Big Impact
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2021/02/04/13-cutting-edge-technologies-that-may-soon-be-making-a-big-impact/
Cutting Edge Tech revealed in ISO/IEC JTC 1 white paper. Link
ISO/IEC JTC 1, is an alliance between the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) which was founded to establish Global Information Technology standards. Its relationship with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development framework is deeply synergistic, as JTC 1’s work fosters technological foundations that support global priorities, driving progress across multiple dimensions of sustainability.
Dr. François Coallier, a key figure in JTC 1, reveals transformative technologies in his white paper that merge biology and tech in revolutionary ways. What is notable to mention about this standout white paper is the bold showcase of provocative, disruptive, cutting edge innovations that challenge the norms and is in a league of its own in comparison to the typical obscured, nomenclasure based whitepapers. Heres some of the cutting edge advancements mentioned..
Human Augmentation: Enhancing human potential with tech, from brain-computer interfaces to strength boosting exoskeletons.
Geoengineering: Leveraging Information Technology (IT) to monitor or manipulate environmental systems, aiding climate change solutions.
Biohacking: Experimenting with biological tweaks, such as implants or gene edits for health and performance.
Robotics and Cyborgs: Merging robotics with biology, including biointegrated machines or IoT powered industrial robots.
Synthetic Biology: Engineering artificial biological systems for medicine, energy, or ecological restoration.
Digital Twins of Biological Systems: Creating virtual models of organisms or ecosystems for real-time insights and forecasting.
Genomics: Analyzing genomes with IT to unlock personalized medicine and evolutionary discoveries.
Genetic Engineering: Precisely editing DNA using digital tools, advancing agriculture, therapy, and bio-design.
CRISPR-Cas9: A game changing gene editing method guided by IT, enabling exact DNA modifications for medical or ecological gains.
Neurobotics: Blending neuroscience and robotics, like brain-controlled prosthetics or neural repair robots.
Cyborg Technologies: Advancing hybrid human machine systems, such as bio electronic enhancements for sensory or physical upgrades.
Nanotechnologies: Harnessing nanoscale materials and devices, like nanobots for drug delivery or tissue repair, integrated with digital control systems.
ISO/IEC JTC 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_JTC_1
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Official Page
https://jtc1info.org/
ISO contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals SDG
https://www.iso.org/sdg
ISO Information and Communications Technology ICT PDF
https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/developing_standards/docs/en/jtc1_mission_brochure_2014_final.pdf
How standards help achieve SDGs
https://jtc1info.org/how-standards-for-ict-help-achieve-the-un-sdgs/
Dr. François Coallier, a key figure in JTC 1, reveals transformative technologies in his white paper that merge biology and tech in revolutionary ways. What is notable to mention about this standout white paper is the bold showcase of provocative, disruptive, cutting edge innovations that challenge the norms and is in a league of its own in comparison to the typical obscured, nomenclasure based whitepapers. Heres some of the cutting edge advancements mentioned..
Human Augmentation: Enhancing human potential with tech, from brain-computer interfaces to strength boosting exoskeletons.
Geoengineering: Leveraging Information Technology (IT) to monitor or manipulate environmental systems, aiding climate change solutions.
Biohacking: Experimenting with biological tweaks, such as implants or gene edits for health and performance.
Robotics and Cyborgs: Merging robotics with biology, including biointegrated machines or IoT powered industrial robots.
Synthetic Biology: Engineering artificial biological systems for medicine, energy, or ecological restoration.
Digital Twins of Biological Systems: Creating virtual models of organisms or ecosystems for real-time insights and forecasting.
Genomics: Analyzing genomes with IT to unlock personalized medicine and evolutionary discoveries.
Genetic Engineering: Precisely editing DNA using digital tools, advancing agriculture, therapy, and bio-design.
CRISPR-Cas9: A game changing gene editing method guided by IT, enabling exact DNA modifications for medical or ecological gains.
Neurobotics: Blending neuroscience and robotics, like brain-controlled prosthetics or neural repair robots.
Cyborg Technologies: Advancing hybrid human machine systems, such as bio electronic enhancements for sensory or physical upgrades.
Nanotechnologies: Harnessing nanoscale materials and devices, like nanobots for drug delivery or tissue repair, integrated with digital control systems.
ISO/IEC JTC 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_JTC_1
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Official Page
https://jtc1info.org/
ISO contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals SDG
https://www.iso.org/sdg
ISO Information and Communications Technology ICT PDF
https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/developing_standards/docs/en/jtc1_mission_brochure_2014_final.pdf
How standards help achieve SDGs
https://jtc1info.org/how-standards-for-ict-help-achieve-the-un-sdgs/
An Abundance of Cutting Edge Technologies revealed in pages 7, 8, and 9 ( below ) from Dr. François Coalliers ISO/IEC JTC White Paper, integrating with the UN 2030 Agenda-Sustainable Development Goals and The Bio Digital Convergence at the Helm. "Internet of Things and Digital Twin applications in the Health Sector" https://www.iec.ch/system/files/2023-10/wsdcombinedpdf_0.pdf
Nanotechnology: Definition and Future Significance
Nanotechnology is the science and engineering discipline of manipulating matter at the nanoscale, ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers a scale where a single nanometer is one-thousandth the width of a human hair. At this minute scale, materials, such as nanoparticles, exhibit extraordinary properties, enabling the development of innovative devices and systems with transformative potential across medicine, electronics, energy, materials, and other fields.
Moving forward, Nanotechnology will transform industries by delivering precise therapies for conditions like Alzheimer’s, powering advanced electronics with quantum-dot displays, and enhancing clean energy with efficient solar cells and batteries. It promises environmental solutions, including nanofilters for pure water and nanocatalysts to curb pollution, alongside lightweight, ultra-strong materials for aerospace and automotive sectors.
Future Significance Highlights:
Medical Breakthroughs: Utilizes nanoparticles to deliver targeted therapies for a range of diseases, improving treatment precision and patient outcomes.
- Advances diagnostic capabilities with nanosensors for early detection of various health conditions.
Electronics Advancements: Employs nanoparticle,based technologies, such as quantum dots, to create high resolution, energy-efficient displays for devices like smartphones.
-Develops flexible, lightweight circuits for wearable electronics, enhancing user connectivity and functionality.
Energy Innovations: Incorporates nanoparticles to increase solar cell efficiency, supporting renewable energy adoption.
-Enhances battery storage and charging speed with nanomaterials, enabling sustainable energy solutions.
Environmental Solutions: Applies nanoparticle-based filters to purify water, addressing global access to clean water.
-Uses nanocatalysts to neutralize pollutants, contributing to cleaner air and reduced environmental harm.
Agriculture and Food: Enhances crop growth and protection with nanoparticle-based fertilizers and pesticides, improving agricultural yields.
-Improves food safety and storage with nanosensors and nanomaterial packaging, ensuring quality and reducing waste.
Materials Revolution: Creates advanced materials with nanoparticles, offering superior strength and reduced weight for industries like aerospace and automotive.
-Improves product durability through nanoparticle coatings, enhancing performance across applications.
Nanotechnology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
NNI National Nano technology Initiative : Applications of Nanotechnology
https://www.nano.gov/about-nanotechnology/applications-nanotechnology
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology New Zealand https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/
IEEE Nano technology Council https://2025.ieeenano.org/
Science direct : Nano technology https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/nanotechnology
The History of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: From Chemical–Physical Applications to Nanomedicine
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/1/112#
Nano hub https://nanohub.org/about
How Nanotech is changing your world https://www.weforum.org/stories/2014/09/nanotechnology-revolution-making/
Moving forward, Nanotechnology will transform industries by delivering precise therapies for conditions like Alzheimer’s, powering advanced electronics with quantum-dot displays, and enhancing clean energy with efficient solar cells and batteries. It promises environmental solutions, including nanofilters for pure water and nanocatalysts to curb pollution, alongside lightweight, ultra-strong materials for aerospace and automotive sectors.
Future Significance Highlights:
Medical Breakthroughs: Utilizes nanoparticles to deliver targeted therapies for a range of diseases, improving treatment precision and patient outcomes.
- Advances diagnostic capabilities with nanosensors for early detection of various health conditions.
Electronics Advancements: Employs nanoparticle,based technologies, such as quantum dots, to create high resolution, energy-efficient displays for devices like smartphones.
-Develops flexible, lightweight circuits for wearable electronics, enhancing user connectivity and functionality.
Energy Innovations: Incorporates nanoparticles to increase solar cell efficiency, supporting renewable energy adoption.
-Enhances battery storage and charging speed with nanomaterials, enabling sustainable energy solutions.
Environmental Solutions: Applies nanoparticle-based filters to purify water, addressing global access to clean water.
-Uses nanocatalysts to neutralize pollutants, contributing to cleaner air and reduced environmental harm.
Agriculture and Food: Enhances crop growth and protection with nanoparticle-based fertilizers and pesticides, improving agricultural yields.
-Improves food safety and storage with nanosensors and nanomaterial packaging, ensuring quality and reducing waste.
Materials Revolution: Creates advanced materials with nanoparticles, offering superior strength and reduced weight for industries like aerospace and automotive.
-Improves product durability through nanoparticle coatings, enhancing performance across applications.
Nanotechnology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
NNI National Nano technology Initiative : Applications of Nanotechnology
https://www.nano.gov/about-nanotechnology/applications-nanotechnology
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology New Zealand https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/
IEEE Nano technology Council https://2025.ieeenano.org/
Science direct : Nano technology https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/nanotechnology
The History of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: From Chemical–Physical Applications to Nanomedicine
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/1/112#
Nano hub https://nanohub.org/about
How Nanotech is changing your world https://www.weforum.org/stories/2014/09/nanotechnology-revolution-making/
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What is Nanotechnology?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQhhcgn8YZo Nanotechnology is one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of science today. In the food area, researchers are working with nanotechnology to create novel products that may be of benefit to health and diets. What are their possible applications? Is it safe? |
Nanoscale Innovations:
Nanotechnology creates powerful materials and devices such as Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Nanosensors, and Bionanomaterials that help deliver precise and efficient solutions and are reshaping healthcare, technology, agriculture, and more.
Nanomaterials: Special materials with unique strengths, like being super tough or conductive. Carbon nanotubes and graphene power flexible screens for foldable phones and boost health sensors for better signal detection.
Nanoparticles: Small particles that can stick to specific targets. Gold nanoparticles enhance medical tests to spot diseases like cancer, while titanium dioxide creates self-cleaning coatings for windows and boosts battery efficiency.
Nanosensors: Mini detectors for specific signals, like blood sugar or soil nutrients. They power diabetes monitors and smart agriculture sensors to improve crop growth.
BionanoMaterials: Materials designed to work with living systems, like cells or tissues. They enable smart bandages that heal wounds faster and implants that monitor health in real time.
Nano Materials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomaterials
BSI group Nanomaterials and medical device regulations
https://www.bsigroup.com/globalassets/meddev/localfiles/it-it/webinars/bsi-md-nanomaterials-presentation-30-nov-2016.pdf
Nanoparticles: pharmacological and toxicological significance
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2189773/
A review on nanoparticles: characteristics, synthesis, applications, and challenges
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1155622/full
Nanobiotechnology as a platform for the diagnosis of COVID‑19:a review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41204-021-00109-0
Nanosensors articles within Nature Nanotechnology
https://www.nature.com/subjects/nanosensors/nnano
Bio-nanomaterials: An Introduction
https://application.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527354204_c01.pdf
Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials for Micro/Nanodevices: A New Era in Biomedical Applications
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/9/1786
Nanomaterials: Special materials with unique strengths, like being super tough or conductive. Carbon nanotubes and graphene power flexible screens for foldable phones and boost health sensors for better signal detection.
Nanoparticles: Small particles that can stick to specific targets. Gold nanoparticles enhance medical tests to spot diseases like cancer, while titanium dioxide creates self-cleaning coatings for windows and boosts battery efficiency.
Nanosensors: Mini detectors for specific signals, like blood sugar or soil nutrients. They power diabetes monitors and smart agriculture sensors to improve crop growth.
BionanoMaterials: Materials designed to work with living systems, like cells or tissues. They enable smart bandages that heal wounds faster and implants that monitor health in real time.
Nano Materials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomaterials
BSI group Nanomaterials and medical device regulations
https://www.bsigroup.com/globalassets/meddev/localfiles/it-it/webinars/bsi-md-nanomaterials-presentation-30-nov-2016.pdf
Nanoparticles: pharmacological and toxicological significance
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2189773/
A review on nanoparticles: characteristics, synthesis, applications, and challenges
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1155622/full
Nanobiotechnology as a platform for the diagnosis of COVID‑19:a review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41204-021-00109-0
Nanosensors articles within Nature Nanotechnology
https://www.nature.com/subjects/nanosensors/nnano
Bio-nanomaterials: An Introduction
https://application.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527354204_c01.pdf
Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials for Micro/Nanodevices: A New Era in Biomedical Applications
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/9/1786
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Advancements in Nanomaterials for Nanosensors: a comprehensive review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11304082/ |
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Nanotechnology’s omnipresent reach in humans
Nanotechnology, encompassing nanoparticles and nanomaterials, is ubiquitously embedded across Earth’s systems and industries. It is present in everything.
In humans, nanotechnology is all-pervasive: not only do nanoparticles exist in the atmosphere from natural sources like volcanic ash and sea spray and man-made sources like vehicle exhausts and industrial emissions, but nanotechnology also enters through inhaled urban pollutants, ingested nano-enhanced foods, and medical applications like drug-delivery nanoparticles, emphasizing its inescapable integration and foundation for biosensing technologies.
While nanotechnology’s integration into human systems offers transformative benefits, it also presents significant downsides and potential negative effects. Inhalation of atmospheric nanoparticles, such as those from urban pollutants, may lead to lung inflammation, cardiovascular issues, or neurological impacts due to their ability to penetrate deep into tissues and cross biological barriers. Ingested nano-enhanced foods, containing additives like titanium dioxide, raise concerns about long-term accumulation in organs such as the liver or kidneys.
Medical applications, including drug-delivery nanoparticles, while precise, carry risks of unintended immune responses or toxicity if not fully cleared from the body. Additionally, the pervasive presence of nanotechnology sparks ethical concerns, including privacy issues from potential nanosensor surveillance and environmental contamination from nanoparticle runoff, which may indirectly affect human health.
What are potential harmful effects of nanoparticles?
https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/en/nanotechnologies/l-2/6-health-effects-nanoparticles.htm
Applications of nanotechnology in medical field: a brief review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2414644723000337
Ethical and legal challenges in nanomedical innovations: a scoping review
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1163392/full
Hacking Humans with Nanotechnology
https://www.alpinesecurity.com/blog/hacking-humans-with-nanotechnology/
Nanos in the human body: medical perspectives and ethical concerns
https://www.etui.org/topics/health-safety-working-conditions/hesamag/nanotechnologies-hopes-and-uncertainties-around-a-new-revolution/nanos-in-the-human-body-medical-perspectives-and-ethical-concerns
All the ways Nanotech could fix our bodies in the future
https://www.fastcompany.com/3030926/all-the-ways-nanotech-could-fix-our-bodies-in-the-future
In humans, nanotechnology is all-pervasive: not only do nanoparticles exist in the atmosphere from natural sources like volcanic ash and sea spray and man-made sources like vehicle exhausts and industrial emissions, but nanotechnology also enters through inhaled urban pollutants, ingested nano-enhanced foods, and medical applications like drug-delivery nanoparticles, emphasizing its inescapable integration and foundation for biosensing technologies.
While nanotechnology’s integration into human systems offers transformative benefits, it also presents significant downsides and potential negative effects. Inhalation of atmospheric nanoparticles, such as those from urban pollutants, may lead to lung inflammation, cardiovascular issues, or neurological impacts due to their ability to penetrate deep into tissues and cross biological barriers. Ingested nano-enhanced foods, containing additives like titanium dioxide, raise concerns about long-term accumulation in organs such as the liver or kidneys.
Medical applications, including drug-delivery nanoparticles, while precise, carry risks of unintended immune responses or toxicity if not fully cleared from the body. Additionally, the pervasive presence of nanotechnology sparks ethical concerns, including privacy issues from potential nanosensor surveillance and environmental contamination from nanoparticle runoff, which may indirectly affect human health.
What are potential harmful effects of nanoparticles?
https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/en/nanotechnologies/l-2/6-health-effects-nanoparticles.htm
Applications of nanotechnology in medical field: a brief review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2414644723000337
Ethical and legal challenges in nanomedical innovations: a scoping review
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1163392/full
Hacking Humans with Nanotechnology
https://www.alpinesecurity.com/blog/hacking-humans-with-nanotechnology/
Nanos in the human body: medical perspectives and ethical concerns
https://www.etui.org/topics/health-safety-working-conditions/hesamag/nanotechnologies-hopes-and-uncertainties-around-a-new-revolution/nanos-in-the-human-body-medical-perspectives-and-ethical-concerns
All the ways Nanotech could fix our bodies in the future
https://www.fastcompany.com/3030926/all-the-ways-nanotech-could-fix-our-bodies-in-the-future
Review on Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials: Bioimaging, Biosensing, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Antimicrobial, and Agro-Food. Click on pics to enlarge. 1. Bionanotechnology 2. Disease caused by exposure to Nanoparticles
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358087945_Review_on_Nanoparticles_and_Nanostructured_Materials_Bioimaging_Biosensing_Drug_Delivery_Tissue_Engineering_Antimicrobial_and_Agro-Food.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358087945_Review_on_Nanoparticles_and_Nanostructured_Materials_Bioimaging_Biosensing_Drug_Delivery_Tissue_Engineering_Antimicrobial_and_Agro-Food.
Safety of Nanoparticles
https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Safety-of-Nanoparticles.aspx
The safety issues with nanoparticles are not very well known but their potential for danger is evident due to the high surface area to volume ratio, which can make the particles very reactive or catalytic. In addition, these are able to pass through cell membranes in organisms and may interact with biological systems.
https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Safety-of-Nanoparticles.aspx
The safety issues with nanoparticles are not very well known but their potential for danger is evident due to the high surface area to volume ratio, which can make the particles very reactive or catalytic. In addition, these are able to pass through cell membranes in organisms and may interact with biological systems.
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Biosensors
Biosensors are analytical devices that integrate a biological recognition element, such as enzymes, antibodies, or nucleic acids, with a transducer to detect specific biological or chemical substances, and converting their interactions into measurable electronic signals. The biosensing process applies universally to all biosensors, regardless of their specific design or application. The size of a biosensor varies widely depending on its design, application, and whether it’s lab-based, portable, wearable, or nanosize. Biosensors devices are essential in healthcare, environmental monitoring, food safety, and drug discovery due to their ability to deliver rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of analytes like glucose, pathogens, or toxins. Their significance stems from enabling real-time, cost-effective diagnostics and monitoring, transforming applications like point-of-care medical testing, wearable health devices, and pollution detection. Advances in nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence have further enhanced biosensor performance, improving sensitivity, specificity, and portability.
Biosensor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosensor
Biosensors and their applications – A review
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4862100/
The rapid evolution of biosensor tech
https://etech.iec.ch/issue/2025-03/the-rapid-evolution-of-biosensor-tech
What are Biosensors
https://teslasuit.io/blog/what-are-biosensors-and-how-are-they-impacting-the-vr-and-healthcare-industries/
Biosensors: Design, Development and Applications
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352378597_Biosensors_Design_Development_and_Applications
Biosensor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosensor
Biosensors and their applications – A review
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4862100/
The rapid evolution of biosensor tech
https://etech.iec.ch/issue/2025-03/the-rapid-evolution-of-biosensor-tech
What are Biosensors
https://teslasuit.io/blog/what-are-biosensors-and-how-are-they-impacting-the-vr-and-healthcare-industries/
Biosensors: Design, Development and Applications
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352378597_Biosensors_Design_Development_and_Applications
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Innovations in Biosensor Technologies for Healthcare Diagnostics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Applications, Recent Progress, and Future Research Challenges https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/16/5143# |
Biosensing process and activation
Biosensing process begins with the analyte, a target substance like glucose, pathogens, or toxins, interacting with a biological recognition element, such as enzymes, antibodies, or nucleic acids, which selectively binds to or reacts with the analyte. This interaction generates a detectable change, such as altered chemical or physical properties, which the transducer component converts into a measurable electronic signal for output, such as voltage, current, or digital readouts. Each biosensor uses a specific transducer tailored to the analyte and application, detecting changes like light, electrical, mass, or heat for optimal sensitivity and specificity. These tailored transducers enable biosensors to deliver rapid, sensitive detection across healthcare, environmental monitoring, and beyond.
The main transducer types and their functions are:
Optical Transducers: These detect changes in light properties, like absorbance, fluorescence, or luminescence, caused by the analyte-recognition interaction. For example, in fluorescence-based biosensors, the binding event alters light emission, which is measured to quantify the analyte, offering high sensitivity for applications like pathogen detection.
Electrochemical Transducers: These measure electrical changes, such as current, voltage, or impedance, resulting from biochemical reactions. For instance, in glucose biosensors, the enzyme reaction produces electrons, generating a current proportional to glucose levels, ideal for rapid, cost-effective diagnostics.
Piezoelectric Transducers: These detect mass changes or mechanical stress from analyte binding, which alters the vibration frequency of a quartz crystal. Used in biosensors for detecting proteins or DNA, they provide high specificity by measuring frequency shifts as an electronic signal.
Thermal Transducers: These sense heat changes from biochemical reactions, converting temperature variations into electrical signals. For example, enzyme-substrate reactions release heat, which is measured to quantify analyte concentration, useful in metabolic monitoring.
Biosensing Basics
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378959117_Biosensing_Basics
Innovations in Biosensor Technologies for Healthcare Diagnostics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Applications, Recent Progress, and Future Research Challenges
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/16/5143
Recent Advances of Biosensors for Detection of Multiple Antibiotics
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/13/9/850
Simple, Low-Cost, and Timely Optical Biosensors for the Detection of Epigenetic Biomarkers: The Future of Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337001874_Simple_Low-Cost_and_Timely_Optical_Biosensors_for_the_Detection_of_Epigenetic_Biomarkers_The_Future_of_Cancer_Diagnosis
ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR BASED ON MICROFABRICATED ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR LIFE SCIENCES APPLICATIONS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326287044_ELECTROCHEMICAL_BIOSENSOR_BASED_ON_MICROFABRICATED_ELECTRODE_ARRAYS_FOR_LIFE_SCIENCES_APPLICATIONS
The main transducer types and their functions are:
Optical Transducers: These detect changes in light properties, like absorbance, fluorescence, or luminescence, caused by the analyte-recognition interaction. For example, in fluorescence-based biosensors, the binding event alters light emission, which is measured to quantify the analyte, offering high sensitivity for applications like pathogen detection.
Electrochemical Transducers: These measure electrical changes, such as current, voltage, or impedance, resulting from biochemical reactions. For instance, in glucose biosensors, the enzyme reaction produces electrons, generating a current proportional to glucose levels, ideal for rapid, cost-effective diagnostics.
Piezoelectric Transducers: These detect mass changes or mechanical stress from analyte binding, which alters the vibration frequency of a quartz crystal. Used in biosensors for detecting proteins or DNA, they provide high specificity by measuring frequency shifts as an electronic signal.
Thermal Transducers: These sense heat changes from biochemical reactions, converting temperature variations into electrical signals. For example, enzyme-substrate reactions release heat, which is measured to quantify analyte concentration, useful in metabolic monitoring.
Biosensing Basics
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378959117_Biosensing_Basics
Innovations in Biosensor Technologies for Healthcare Diagnostics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Applications, Recent Progress, and Future Research Challenges
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/16/5143
Recent Advances of Biosensors for Detection of Multiple Antibiotics
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/13/9/850
Simple, Low-Cost, and Timely Optical Biosensors for the Detection of Epigenetic Biomarkers: The Future of Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337001874_Simple_Low-Cost_and_Timely_Optical_Biosensors_for_the_Detection_of_Epigenetic_Biomarkers_The_Future_of_Cancer_Diagnosis
ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR BASED ON MICROFABRICATED ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR LIFE SCIENCES APPLICATIONS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326287044_ELECTROCHEMICAL_BIOSENSOR_BASED_ON_MICROFABRICATED_ELECTRODE_ARRAYS_FOR_LIFE_SCIENCES_APPLICATIONS
Bacterial Surface Layer Proteins: A Promising Nano-Technological Tool for Bio-Sensing Applications
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345474331_Bacterial_Surface_Layer_Proteins_A_Promising_Nano-Technological_Tool_for_Bio-Sensing_Applications
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Portable Bio-Devices: Design of electrochemical instruments from miniaturized to implantable devices https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221913722_Portable_Bio-Devices_Design_of_electrochemical_instruments_from_miniaturized_to_implantable_devices |
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Graphene
Graphene (single-layer graphene), a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, is a transformative nanomaterial renowned for its exceptional electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and flexibility. Its significance lies in the enhancement of sensor connectivity across multiple industries, enabling innovative applications in healthcare (wearable and implantable biosensors for real-time monitoring), biocyber interfaces (neural interfaces for brain-computer communication), and environmental monitoring (sensors for pollutant detection). Globally recognized, graphene is endorsed by governments, standardized research organizations, and international bodies, including the United Nations and World Economic Forum, for its potential to advance sustainable technologies. Complementary to Graphene, is its derivative Graphene Oxide and other nanomaterials, such as Carbon nanotubes, Molybdenum disulfide, and Silver nanoparticles, further boost sensor performance in diagnostics, agriculture, and electronics.
Single-Layer Graphene
Properties: One-atom-thick carbon sheet in a hexagonal lattice with exceptional electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, flexibility, and high surface area
Significance: Powers sensor connectivity for ultra-fast data transmission in biosensors, neural interfaces for brain-computer communication, and environmental pollutant sensors. Its high electron mobility enables terahertz-band operation, enhancing real-time diagnostics and sustainable technologies.
Graphene Oxide
Properties: Graphene derivative with oxygen groups (hydroxyl, epoxy), offering biocompatibility, water solubility, tunable optical properties, and moderate conductivity.
Significance: Enhances sensor connectivity in healthcare biosensors for biomarker detection (e.g., glucose, pathogens) and drug delivery, plus environmental monitoring. Its optical versatility supports precision medicine and sustainable applications.
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
Properties: Cylindrical graphene-based nanostructures with high electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and thermal stability.
Significance: Boosts sensor connectivity in biosensors for pathogen detection and electronic systems, supporting healthcare and agriculture. Their nanoscale structure ensures robust signal amplification, enabling high-speed diagnostics and environmental monitoring, with widespread research adoption.
Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS₂)
Properties: Two-dimensional semiconductor with a tunable bandgap, high surface area, and strong light-matter interactions, offering flexibility and chemical stability.
Significance: Enhances sensor connectivity in agricultural and environmental sensors for detecting soil nutrients and pollutants. Its semiconductor properties enable precise signal modulation, supporting real-time monitoring and sustainable farming, globally recognized for advancing sensor technologies.
Silver Nanoparticles
Properties: Spherical metal particles with high conductivity, antimicrobial properties, and cost-effective integration into substrates.
Significance: Amplifies sensor connectivity in wearable and medical biosensors for health monitoring (e.g., glucose, vital signs) and environmental applications. Their affordability and conductivity drive scalable, reliable diagnostics and electronics, widely adopted in industry.
Advancements in the electromagnetic spectrum i.e 6g and beyond, particularly in terahertz band, significantly enhance the capabilities of graphene and complementary nanomaterials for sensor connectivity and improving ultra-fast data transmission in biosensors and the biocyber interface. These nanomaterials are frequently combined to create hybrid structures by using their compatible properties to enhance sensor connectivity.
For example, graphene paired with molybdenum disulfide improves signal sensitivity in healthcare and agricultural sensors, while graphene oxide with silver nanoparticles boosts conductivity and antimicrobial effects in medical biosensors. Graphene-Carbon nanotubes (CNT) hybrids enhance electron transport in neural interfaces. These common combinations deliver synergistic benefits to improve sensitivity and biocompatibility,ensuring reliable data transmission in diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and electronics.
What is graphene?
https://graphene-flagship.eu/materials/graphene/
ISO/ Graphene and other two- dimensional (2D) materials
https://cdn.standards.iteh.ai/samples/82855/4edffa2ac20b4d35804732cc00842796/ISO-TS-80004-13-2024.pdf
Introductory Chapter: Graphene and Its Applications
https://scispace.com/pdf/introductory-chapter-graphene-and-its-applications-39so9m8lmm.pdf
Graphene-based nanotechnology in the Internet of Things: a mini review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-024-04054-0
Recent progress in the growth and applications of graphene as a smart material: a review
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/articles/10.3389/fmats.2015.00058/full
WEF, How will graphene change the world?
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/08/how-will-graphene-change-the-world/
WEF, Technology Convergence Report June 2025
https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Technology_Convergence_Report_2025.pdf
Graphene for a Sustainable future
https://graphene-flagship.eu/materials/sustainability/
Graphene based sensors for humans.
Graphene based sensors are poised to revolutionize personalized healthcare through their exceptional sensitivity, flexibility, and biocompatibility, enabling advanced wearable and implantable devices for real-time health monitoring. Wearable sensors, integrated into devices like smart patches and e-textiles, track vital signs and biomarkers, with high precision. Implantable sensors, designed for long-term use, promise transformative applications in neural and metabolic monitoring. Integration with eHealth and telemedicine platforms facilitates remote health data monitoring, enhancing timely clinical interventions. Notably, Graphene Biosensors, including Field-Effect Transistor (FET), Electrochemical, and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) designs, enhance detection of specific biomarkers, further advancing diagnostic precision in these applications. These biosensors operate by detecting minute changes in electrical or optical properties caused by biomolecular interactions, enabling early diagnosis and continuous monitoring.
Wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT), Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges: A Survey
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9058658
Graphene Flagship, Flexible and Wearables
https://graphene-flagship.eu/materials/uses/2dm-applications/flexible-and-wearables/
Sensing the future with graphene-based wearable sensors: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590048X24001201
Graphene-Based Sensors for Human Health Monitoring
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2019.00399/full
Graphene-Based Wearable Temperature Sensors: A Review
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/16/2339#
Graphene-enabled wearable sensors for healthcare monitoring
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956566321008149
Graphene-based field-effect transistor biosensors for the rapid detection and analysis of viruses: A perspective in view of COVID-19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667056920300110
Innovations in graphene-based electrochemical biosensors in healthcare applications
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00604-025-07141-w
Flexible Graphene Field-Effect Transistors and Their Application in Flexible Biomedical Sensing
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40820-024-01534-x
Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistors in Biosensing and Neural Interfacing Applications: Recent Advances and Prospects
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03399?ref=article_openPDF
Wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT), Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges: A Survey
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9058658
Graphene Flagship, Flexible and Wearables
https://graphene-flagship.eu/materials/uses/2dm-applications/flexible-and-wearables/
Sensing the future with graphene-based wearable sensors: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590048X24001201
Graphene-Based Sensors for Human Health Monitoring
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2019.00399/full
Graphene-Based Wearable Temperature Sensors: A Review
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/16/2339#
Graphene-enabled wearable sensors for healthcare monitoring
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956566321008149
Graphene-based field-effect transistor biosensors for the rapid detection and analysis of viruses: A perspective in view of COVID-19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667056920300110
Innovations in graphene-based electrochemical biosensors in healthcare applications
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00604-025-07141-w
Flexible Graphene Field-Effect Transistors and Their Application in Flexible Biomedical Sensing
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40820-024-01534-x
Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistors in Biosensing and Neural Interfacing Applications: Recent Advances and Prospects
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03399?ref=article_openPDF
Graphenated Wearables : Health and safety perspectives of graphene in wearables and hybrid materials https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1005030223001597
Graphene Based Biosensors Inside the body : Graphene and related materials for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372975988_Graphene_and_related_materials_for_the_Internet_of_Bio-Nano_Things
What is the Bio-Cyber Interface
The Bio Cyber Interface is a core component of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), enabling seamless communication between biological systems and digital networks. It uses biocompatible nanosensors and signal processing to translate biological signals into digital commands for real-time monitoring and control. Integrated with IoBNT, it supports applications like remote health monitoring, where biological data is transmitted for analysis, enhancing human-machine collaboration and healthcare innovation. In neuroscience, the Bio Cyber Interface, often embodied as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), connects the human brain to digital systems. It leverages neural signal processing and machine learning to decode brain activity into commands for devices like prosthetics or to deliver sensory feedback. This technology advances neurorehabilitation, restores lost functions, and augments human capabilities by fostering direct brain-machine interaction.
A Systematic Review of Bio-Cyber Interface Technologies and Security Issues for Internet of Bio-Nano Things
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9467302
Biologically Inspired Bio-Cyber Interface Architecture and Model for Internet of Bio-NanoThings Applications
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7497004
Brain-computer interface restores natural speech after paralysis
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/brain-computer-interface-restores-natural-speech-after-paralysis
Bio-Inspired Information PathwaysFrom Neuroscience to Neurotronics
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36705-2
Bioinspired molecular communications system for targeted drug delivery with IoBNT-based sustainable biocyber interface
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045790624003793
A Biologically Inspired and Protein-Based Bio-Cyber Interface for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137024001365
CRISPR-Enabled Graphene-Based Bio-Cyber Interface Model for In Vivo Monitoring of Non-Invasive Therapeutic Processes
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10376156
A Systematic Review of Bio-Cyber Interface Technologies and Security Issues for Internet of Bio-Nano Things
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9467302
Biologically Inspired Bio-Cyber Interface Architecture and Model for Internet of Bio-NanoThings Applications
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7497004
Brain-computer interface restores natural speech after paralysis
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/brain-computer-interface-restores-natural-speech-after-paralysis
Bio-Inspired Information PathwaysFrom Neuroscience to Neurotronics
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36705-2
Bioinspired molecular communications system for targeted drug delivery with IoBNT-based sustainable biocyber interface
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045790624003793
A Biologically Inspired and Protein-Based Bio-Cyber Interface for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137024001365
CRISPR-Enabled Graphene-Based Bio-Cyber Interface Model for In Vivo Monitoring of Non-Invasive Therapeutic Processes
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10376156
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A Typical Internet of Bio-Nano Things Architecture, where a bio-chemical signal from inside the human body is converted into electromagnetic signal via Bio Cyber Interface, and transmitted through Bluetooth or equivalent technology towards medical server for further analysis and processing.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9467302 |
IEEE White Paper 2020 : PANACEA: An Internet of Bio-NanoThings Application for Early Detection and Mitigation of Infectious Diseases. Link
The PANACEA Project (a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases in Latin) presents a Cyber-Physical System leveraging the Internet of Bio-NanoThings (IoBNT) for early detection and mitigation of infections in immunocompromised patients. A Bio-Cyber Interface enables communication between bio-nanosensors and external digital networks for real-time health monitoring that aligns with the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs).
System Architecture and Components below:
Intra-Body Network and BNT Sensors: Bio-nanosensors (BNTs), implanted or worn, detect quorum-sensing (QS) molecules indicating bacterial infections using electrochemical or bacterial sensors. Molecular communication (MC) models QS diffusion in tissues, with simulations showing faster detection than traditional culturing.
Body-to-Hub Communication and Wearable Hub: BNTs transmit data to a wearable hub (patch or smartwatch) using magnetic induction (MI) for low-power data and power transfer, ensuring safe electromagnetic exposure. The hub aggregates data, provides visualization, and sends infection alerts to patients and providers.
External Network and Communication Systems: The hub forwards data to cloud or clinic databases via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or Near-Field Communication (NFC). MC models infections as a MIMO molecular channel, MI supports body-to-hub communication, and BLE/NFC ensures external connectivity.
Functions and Applications:
Early Detection and Drug Delivery: Supports early infection detection, active drug delivery (BNTs/hubs releasing antibiotics, modeled via MC for biodistribution), passive delivery (provider- or patient-triggered drugs/alerts), and quorum quenching to disrupt QS, reducing mortality and costs in immunocompromised patients.
Personalized Medicine: Sensor calibration enables data visualization and personalized treatment, tailoring interventions to individual patient profiles.
Disease Tracking and Epidemic Monitoring: Enables real-time tracking of diseases like COVID-19 using BNTs to detect pathogen biomarkers (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 antigens). Wearable hubs and BLE/NFC transmit data to cloud databases for analytics, identifying infection patterns and supporting ongoing monitoring and contact tracing for public health responses.
Cybersecurity Challenges
The system prioritizes health data protection through lightweight authentication, homomorphic encryption, and Intel SGX to mitigate hardware and side-channel attacks. Key challenges include:
Bio-Cyber Interface: Vulnerable to manipulation or side-channel attacks, risking false infection alerts or data integrity loss.
Resource-Constrained BNTs: Limited power and computation restrict robust cryptography, risking unauthorized access.
Data Privacy/Integrity: Breaches in cloud/clinic databases could compromise privacy or treatment accuracy.
MC Standardization: Lack of a unified MC framework (per IEEE 1906.1-2015) risks inconsistent protections, potentially disrupting QS-based communication. These issues could undermine real-time detection, drug delivery, and privacy, critical for immunocompromised patients.
System Architecture and Components below:
Intra-Body Network and BNT Sensors: Bio-nanosensors (BNTs), implanted or worn, detect quorum-sensing (QS) molecules indicating bacterial infections using electrochemical or bacterial sensors. Molecular communication (MC) models QS diffusion in tissues, with simulations showing faster detection than traditional culturing.
Body-to-Hub Communication and Wearable Hub: BNTs transmit data to a wearable hub (patch or smartwatch) using magnetic induction (MI) for low-power data and power transfer, ensuring safe electromagnetic exposure. The hub aggregates data, provides visualization, and sends infection alerts to patients and providers.
External Network and Communication Systems: The hub forwards data to cloud or clinic databases via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or Near-Field Communication (NFC). MC models infections as a MIMO molecular channel, MI supports body-to-hub communication, and BLE/NFC ensures external connectivity.
Functions and Applications:
Early Detection and Drug Delivery: Supports early infection detection, active drug delivery (BNTs/hubs releasing antibiotics, modeled via MC for biodistribution), passive delivery (provider- or patient-triggered drugs/alerts), and quorum quenching to disrupt QS, reducing mortality and costs in immunocompromised patients.
Personalized Medicine: Sensor calibration enables data visualization and personalized treatment, tailoring interventions to individual patient profiles.
Disease Tracking and Epidemic Monitoring: Enables real-time tracking of diseases like COVID-19 using BNTs to detect pathogen biomarkers (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 antigens). Wearable hubs and BLE/NFC transmit data to cloud databases for analytics, identifying infection patterns and supporting ongoing monitoring and contact tracing for public health responses.
Cybersecurity Challenges
The system prioritizes health data protection through lightweight authentication, homomorphic encryption, and Intel SGX to mitigate hardware and side-channel attacks. Key challenges include:
Bio-Cyber Interface: Vulnerable to manipulation or side-channel attacks, risking false infection alerts or data integrity loss.
Resource-Constrained BNTs: Limited power and computation restrict robust cryptography, risking unauthorized access.
Data Privacy/Integrity: Breaches in cloud/clinic databases could compromise privacy or treatment accuracy.
MC Standardization: Lack of a unified MC framework (per IEEE 1906.1-2015) risks inconsistent protections, potentially disrupting QS-based communication. These issues could undermine real-time detection, drug delivery, and privacy, critical for immunocompromised patients.
Figure 1 from the white paper
The Diagram illustrates the Internet of Bio-NanoThings (IoBNT) framework, detailing the Bio-cyber interface’s role in connecting Bio-Nanosensor networks to external systems. It outlines the following steps of data transmission for health monitoring:
1. Intra-Body Sensing: Bio-nanosensors, termed BNTs/biosensors, detect infection-related quorum-sensing (QS) molecules within the body. 2. Molecular Communication: These sensors communicate internally using molecular signals, transmitting data through body tissues. 3. Wearable Hub Relay: A wearable hub (worn externally as a patch or smartwatch) receives data from BNTs via magnetic induction (MI), aggregating and visualizing infection alerts.
1. Intra-Body Sensing: Bio-nanosensors, termed BNTs/biosensors, detect infection-related quorum-sensing (QS) molecules within the body. 2. Molecular Communication: These sensors communicate internally using molecular signals, transmitting data through body tissues. 3. Wearable Hub Relay: A wearable hub (worn externally as a patch or smartwatch) receives data from BNTs via magnetic induction (MI), aggregating and visualizing infection alerts.
4. Bio-cyber Interface Conversion: The Bio-cyber interface converts molecular signals into digital data for external processing.
5. Transmission via Cell Phone: The digital data is relayed to a cell phone, facilitating connectivity to the internet.
6. External System Integration: The cell phone forwards data through the internet to cloud/clinic databases, enabling secure storage, processing, and remote monitoring by healthcare providers, with support for active/passive drug delivery and quorum quenching. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9149878
5. Transmission via Cell Phone: The digital data is relayed to a cell phone, facilitating connectivity to the internet.
6. External System Integration: The cell phone forwards data through the internet to cloud/clinic databases, enabling secure storage, processing, and remote monitoring by healthcare providers, with support for active/passive drug delivery and quorum quenching. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9149878
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A Detailed Video presentation by Ian F. Akyildiz complementing "The PANACEA: An Internet of Bio-NanoThings Application for Early Detection and Mitigation of Infectious Diseases" IEEE White paper.
Science and Society Meetings -XI, Prof. Dr.Ilhan Fuat Akyildiz, Georgia University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhYpi9cRenY ITU.PANACEA: A Cyber-Physical System for Early Detection and Mitigation of Infections https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/academia/kaleidoscope/2019/Documents/Presentations/Keynote%20speech_Ian_Akyildiz.pdf |
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eHealth and mHealth
eHealth is often used as the broad, umbrella term that encompasses various digital health components, including mHealth, telehealth, telemedicine, and other technologies like electronic health records (EHRs), AI-driven diagnostics, and more. It refers to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support health and healthcare delivery, covering a wide range of applications and services aimed at improving access, efficiency, and quality of care. Due to their alignment with current trends, technological convergence, and global healthcare needs, eHealth and mHealth are transforming healthcare as the leading digital health frameworks, set to dominate globally. They are already Operational in countries worldwide and are tranforming hospital enviroments and remote healthcare.
eHealth leverages information and communication technologies (ICT), including electronic health records, AI-driven diagnostics, biosensors and the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs), to streamline clinical workflows, manage patient data, and monitor vital signs like heart rate or glucose levels.
mHealth, centered on mobile devices, empowers patients through smartphones, wearables, and apps for personalized health tracking and instant feedback, thriving in mobile-heavy regions. Their significance lies in enhancing access, reducing costs, and enabling proactive care in and out of hospitals, particularly for chronic conditions and underserved populations.
With 6G’s ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and AI-native networks, eHealth and mHealth will amplify biocyber interfaces for secure, real-time data, revolutionizing personalized medicine and global health through advancements like smart drug delivery systems, neuromodulation via brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to monitor and stimulate neural activity, blockchain-secured data for hospital interoperability, holographic telepresence and augmented reality (AR) for surgical training, and enhanced diagnostics in wards. Other complimentry services like telehealth which offer remote consultations and support, and telemedicine, that focuses on remote clinical care, also play vital supporting roles in this patient centered future.
eHealth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EHealth
What is the Difference Between mHealth, eHealth, Telehealth, and Telemedicine?
https://sbmabenefits.com/what-is-the-difference-between-mhealth-ehealth-telehealth-and-telemedicine/
WHO-ITU global standard for accessibility of telehealth services
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050464
Interoperability frameworks linking mHealth applications to electronic record systems
https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-021-06473-6
Global strategy on digital health 2020-2025
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/gs4dhdaa2a9f352b0445bafbc79ca799dce4d.pdf?sfvrsn=f112ede5_75
Advances on networked ehealth information access and sharing: Status, challenges and prospects
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389128621005545
Chapter One - eHealth: Enabling technologies, opportunities and challenges
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065245823000384
eHealth: A Survey of Architectures, Developments in mHealth, Security Concerns and Solutions
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13071
ITU Standards and eHealth
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/23/01/t23010000120003pdfe.pdf
Legal frameworks for eHealth
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/44807/9789241503143_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
eHealth leverages information and communication technologies (ICT), including electronic health records, AI-driven diagnostics, biosensors and the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs), to streamline clinical workflows, manage patient data, and monitor vital signs like heart rate or glucose levels.
mHealth, centered on mobile devices, empowers patients through smartphones, wearables, and apps for personalized health tracking and instant feedback, thriving in mobile-heavy regions. Their significance lies in enhancing access, reducing costs, and enabling proactive care in and out of hospitals, particularly for chronic conditions and underserved populations.
With 6G’s ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and AI-native networks, eHealth and mHealth will amplify biocyber interfaces for secure, real-time data, revolutionizing personalized medicine and global health through advancements like smart drug delivery systems, neuromodulation via brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to monitor and stimulate neural activity, blockchain-secured data for hospital interoperability, holographic telepresence and augmented reality (AR) for surgical training, and enhanced diagnostics in wards. Other complimentry services like telehealth which offer remote consultations and support, and telemedicine, that focuses on remote clinical care, also play vital supporting roles in this patient centered future.
eHealth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EHealth
What is the Difference Between mHealth, eHealth, Telehealth, and Telemedicine?
https://sbmabenefits.com/what-is-the-difference-between-mhealth-ehealth-telehealth-and-telemedicine/
WHO-ITU global standard for accessibility of telehealth services
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050464
Interoperability frameworks linking mHealth applications to electronic record systems
https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-021-06473-6
Global strategy on digital health 2020-2025
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/gs4dhdaa2a9f352b0445bafbc79ca799dce4d.pdf?sfvrsn=f112ede5_75
Advances on networked ehealth information access and sharing: Status, challenges and prospects
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389128621005545
Chapter One - eHealth: Enabling technologies, opportunities and challenges
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065245823000384
eHealth: A Survey of Architectures, Developments in mHealth, Security Concerns and Solutions
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13071
ITU Standards and eHealth
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/23/01/t23010000120003pdfe.pdf
Legal frameworks for eHealth
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/44807/9789241503143_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Future Smart Connected Communities to Fight COVID-19 Outbreak
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343124947_Future_Smart_Connected_Communities_to_Fight_COVID-19_Outbreak
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343124947_Future_Smart_Connected_Communities_to_Fight_COVID-19_Outbreak
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A Survey on Wireless Body Area Networks for eHealthcare Systems in Residential Environments
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/831 |
Healthcare 5.0 Security Framework: Applications, Issues and Future Research Directions
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9980352
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9980352
Low-Power Mobile Mesh Networks
Low-Power Mobile Mesh Networks (LPMMNs), a subset of wireless mesh networks (WMNs), are a cornerstone of the smart IoT ecosystem, enabling robust, scalable connectivity that powers intelligent environments and transforming areas like healthcare. Leveraging protocols like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Zigbee, LPMMNs use nearby devices as nodes to relay data to one another, enhancing reliability and reducing power consumption. Each device node (medical sensors, wearables, smart home hubs, IoT appliances, smart city infrastructure) in the network can send, receive, and forward data, forming a resilient, web-like structure. This node-relay mechanism enables data to “hop” across multiple nodes, bypassing obstacles like walls, buildings, or vast distances while maintaining connectivity even if some nodes fail or are out of range.
LPMMNs ensures extended coverage and uninterrupted data flow in hospitals, homes, and complex environments like remote areas or disaster scenarios, where traditional networks like cellular or Wi-Fi may be disrupted or unavailable. In eHealth, LPMMNs, including those using BLE Mesh, Zigbee, and Thread, underpin Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) to monitor vital signs seamlessly while integrating with smartphones and cloud platforms for personalized care. In elderly smart homes, LPMMNs connect sensors for fall detection, medication reminders, and environmental monitoring, ensuring proactive care and safety for remote healthcare services.
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Mesh: BLE Mesh excels in IoT smart environments like smart homes and hospitals due to its ultra-low power consumption and smartphone integration, making it ideal for dense, local networks with smart home hubs. It supports up to 32,767 devices, ensuring seamless communication in compact areas but has limited range for remote distances, relying on nearby nodes for disasters (Bluetooth 5.x, Bluetooth SIG). Mesh Pattern: Flood-based mesh, broadcasting messages to all nearby devices for simple, low-power local communication, ideal for dense smart homes but less efficient for remote ranges.
Zigbee: Zigbee stands out for its massive device capacity (65,000 devices) and interoperability, making it a top choice for IoT smart environments like smart homes and hospitals with complex, dense networks managed by smart home hubs. Its 2.4 GHz or sub-GHz bands offer moderate remote distance support, performing well in distant areas and disasters with low-power efficiency (IEEE 802.15.4, Connectivity Standards Alliance). Mesh Pattern: Tree and Star based mesh, using a coordinator for structured communication, balancing large device counts and moderate range for complex smart home setups.
Thread: Thread’s key strength is its IPv6-based internet connectivity, ideal for IoT smart environments and smart cities requiring cloud integration. It uses community gateways to extend networks to distant remote areas and disaster zones, offering strong remote distance capabilities with low power and Matter compatibility for 6G-driven IoT (IEEE 802.15.4, Thread Group). Mesh Pattern: Full mesh, enabling flexible, direct device links with cloud access, perfect for smart cities and long-range remote areas.
Z-Wave: Z-Wave’s unique sub-GHz bands (e.g., 908 MHz US) minimize interference, making it perfect for IoT smart environments like smart homes with small-scale networks (up to 232 devices) managed by smart home hubs. Its shorter range limits remote distance use, but it performs reliably in local disaster scenarios with low power (Proprietary, Z-Wave Alliance). Mesh Pattern: Source-routed mesh, directing messages via a central hub for small, interference-free smart home networks, reliable in local disasters.
6LoWPAN: 6LoWPAN leverages IPv6 for seamless cloud connectivity, excelling in IoT smart environments. Its ability to use community gateways for distant remote areas and disasters makes it strong for long-range data exchange, supporting 6G connectivity with low-power efficiency (IEEE 802.15.4, IETF). Mesh Pattern: Flexible mesh, dynamically routing data to cloud systems, supporting smart cities and long-range distant areas.
LoRaWAN Non-Mesh Networks (Notable Mentions): LoRaWAN offers superior long-range communication for distant remote areas. NB-IoT provides reliable cellular connectivity for urban environments. Wi-Fi Mesh supports high-data needs in smart enviroments.
Survey of IoT multi-protocol gateways: Architectures, protocols and cybersecurity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2542660525002173
Comparison of Internet of Things (IoT) Data Link Protocols
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse570-15/ftp/iot_dlc.pdf
Wireless Communication Protocols: Z-Wave vs. Thread vs. Bluetooth vs. WiFi vs. ULE vs. EnOcean vs. Zigbee
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/terminology/wireless-communication-protocols-comparison
HOW MULTI-PROTOCOL WIRELESS PLATFORMS ARE ENABLING THE NEXT WAVE OF WIRELESS INNOVATION
https://www.ceva-ip.com/wp-content/uploads/ABI-Research-Protocol-Wireless-Platforms-Are-Enabling-The-Next-Wave-Of-Wireless-Innovation-Whitepaper.pdf
Routing Protocols Performance on 6LoWPAN IoT Networks
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-831X/6/1/12
LoRa® and LoRaWAN®
https://www.semtech.com/uploads/technology/LoRa/lora-and-lorawan.pdf
LoRaWAN — A low power WAN protocol for Internet of Things: A review and opportunities
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8019271
LPMMNs ensures extended coverage and uninterrupted data flow in hospitals, homes, and complex environments like remote areas or disaster scenarios, where traditional networks like cellular or Wi-Fi may be disrupted or unavailable. In eHealth, LPMMNs, including those using BLE Mesh, Zigbee, and Thread, underpin Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) to monitor vital signs seamlessly while integrating with smartphones and cloud platforms for personalized care. In elderly smart homes, LPMMNs connect sensors for fall detection, medication reminders, and environmental monitoring, ensuring proactive care and safety for remote healthcare services.
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Mesh: BLE Mesh excels in IoT smart environments like smart homes and hospitals due to its ultra-low power consumption and smartphone integration, making it ideal for dense, local networks with smart home hubs. It supports up to 32,767 devices, ensuring seamless communication in compact areas but has limited range for remote distances, relying on nearby nodes for disasters (Bluetooth 5.x, Bluetooth SIG). Mesh Pattern: Flood-based mesh, broadcasting messages to all nearby devices for simple, low-power local communication, ideal for dense smart homes but less efficient for remote ranges.
Zigbee: Zigbee stands out for its massive device capacity (65,000 devices) and interoperability, making it a top choice for IoT smart environments like smart homes and hospitals with complex, dense networks managed by smart home hubs. Its 2.4 GHz or sub-GHz bands offer moderate remote distance support, performing well in distant areas and disasters with low-power efficiency (IEEE 802.15.4, Connectivity Standards Alliance). Mesh Pattern: Tree and Star based mesh, using a coordinator for structured communication, balancing large device counts and moderate range for complex smart home setups.
Thread: Thread’s key strength is its IPv6-based internet connectivity, ideal for IoT smart environments and smart cities requiring cloud integration. It uses community gateways to extend networks to distant remote areas and disaster zones, offering strong remote distance capabilities with low power and Matter compatibility for 6G-driven IoT (IEEE 802.15.4, Thread Group). Mesh Pattern: Full mesh, enabling flexible, direct device links with cloud access, perfect for smart cities and long-range remote areas.
Z-Wave: Z-Wave’s unique sub-GHz bands (e.g., 908 MHz US) minimize interference, making it perfect for IoT smart environments like smart homes with small-scale networks (up to 232 devices) managed by smart home hubs. Its shorter range limits remote distance use, but it performs reliably in local disaster scenarios with low power (Proprietary, Z-Wave Alliance). Mesh Pattern: Source-routed mesh, directing messages via a central hub for small, interference-free smart home networks, reliable in local disasters.
6LoWPAN: 6LoWPAN leverages IPv6 for seamless cloud connectivity, excelling in IoT smart environments. Its ability to use community gateways for distant remote areas and disasters makes it strong for long-range data exchange, supporting 6G connectivity with low-power efficiency (IEEE 802.15.4, IETF). Mesh Pattern: Flexible mesh, dynamically routing data to cloud systems, supporting smart cities and long-range distant areas.
LoRaWAN Non-Mesh Networks (Notable Mentions): LoRaWAN offers superior long-range communication for distant remote areas. NB-IoT provides reliable cellular connectivity for urban environments. Wi-Fi Mesh supports high-data needs in smart enviroments.
Survey of IoT multi-protocol gateways: Architectures, protocols and cybersecurity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2542660525002173
Comparison of Internet of Things (IoT) Data Link Protocols
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse570-15/ftp/iot_dlc.pdf
Wireless Communication Protocols: Z-Wave vs. Thread vs. Bluetooth vs. WiFi vs. ULE vs. EnOcean vs. Zigbee
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/terminology/wireless-communication-protocols-comparison
HOW MULTI-PROTOCOL WIRELESS PLATFORMS ARE ENABLING THE NEXT WAVE OF WIRELESS INNOVATION
https://www.ceva-ip.com/wp-content/uploads/ABI-Research-Protocol-Wireless-Platforms-Are-Enabling-The-Next-Wave-Of-Wireless-Innovation-Whitepaper.pdf
Routing Protocols Performance on 6LoWPAN IoT Networks
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-831X/6/1/12
LoRa® and LoRaWAN®
https://www.semtech.com/uploads/technology/LoRa/lora-and-lorawan.pdf
LoRaWAN — A low power WAN protocol for Internet of Things: A review and opportunities
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8019271
Low Powered Mesh Networks in the smart home. Wifi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Z-Wave. Link
Ehealth : Body Area Network Transfers Data via Bluetooth and Wifi to the cloud and the Health Facilities Link
Data rate and Range of Communication protocols Wifi, Bluetooth, Thread, Lora and Zigbee. Link
BLE Network, Friend nodes and Low power nodes for Low Power Consumption Link
Cybersecurity Challenges in Mesh Networks
The distributed architecture of Low-Power Mobile Mesh Networks (LPMMNs) where each node sends, receives, and forwards data, creates unique cybersecurity vulnerabilities that can compromise sensitive information or disrupt critical operations in IoT ecosystems. Attackers exploit the interconnected web of protocols such as BLE Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, and Z-Wave, targeting weaknesses through eavesdropping on patient data or jamming smart city networks. Below are key attack types threatening these networks :
Eavesdropping: Hackers intercept unencrypted data as it hops between nodes, exposing sensitive info like heart rate readings in a BLE Mesh hospital network or smart lock codes in a Z-Wave home setup.
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM): Attackers impersonate legitimate nodes to manipulate or redirect data, potentially sending false alerts in a Thread-based disaster recovery system.
Denial-of-Service (DoS): Overloading nodes with traffic can cripple large networks like Zigbee’s 65,000-device setups, halting data flow in smart cities or healthcare systems.
Node Compromise: Exploiting weak passwords or outdated firmware on a single device (smart cameras) allows attackers to control the entire mesh, risking home security or patient safety.
Spoofing: Attackers forge node identities to join the network or send malicious commands, such as spoofing a Zigbee hub to unlock a smart home door, compromising security.
Replay Attacks: Hackers capture and retransmit valid data packets to trick the network into accepting outdated or malicious commands, like replaying a Z-Wave sensor signal to disable alarms.
Sybil Attacks: Malicious nodes pose as multiple fake identities to overwhelm the network or skew routing, disrupting Thread-based smart city traffic sensors and causing false congestion reports.
Real World Scenarios
Healthcare (BLE Mesh): A BLE Mesh network in a hospital relays patient vitals. Hackers intercepting unencrypted data or spoofing nodes could access sensitive health info or send false readings, risking patient safety.
Smart Homes (Z-Wave): A Z-Wave network for elderly care (e.g., fall detection sensors) could be hacked to disable alerts or trigger false alarms, compromising safety in remote areas.
Disaster Recovery (Thread): In a Thread-based disaster zone network, a MITM attack could misroute critical data like survivor locations, delaying response efforts.
Smart Agriculture (Zigbee): A Zigbee farm network connects soil sensors and irrigation systems. Weak authentication could let attackers manipulate data, overwatering crops, while a DoS attack could halt irrigation updates, causing financial loss.
Smart City Infrastructure (6LoWPAN): A 6LoWPAN network manages city streetlights and traffic sensors. Eavesdropping could expose traffic patterns for criminal use, or a node compromise could disrupt lighting, endangering public safety.
Industrial IoT (Thread): A Thread factory network monitors machinery. A MITM attack could fake sensor data, damaging equipment, while jamming could delay failure alerts, risking worker safety.
Remote Healthcare Clinics (BLE Mesh): A BLE Mesh clinic network connects medical devices. Node compromise could falsify vitals, leading to wrong diagnoses, while eavesdropping risks patient privacy breaches.
Cybersecurity Issues in Home Mesh Networks
Shared Network Risks: Even with separate mesh networks per house, shared credentials or protocols can create a domino effect if one device is compromised. For example, a hacked Zigbee smart camera could allow attackers to control locks or other cameras, threatening home security
Eavesdropping: Hackers can intercept data hopping between nodes, especially if encryption is weak. BLE Mesh’s flood-based broadcasting, for instance, can be snooped on if not properly secured, exposing sensitive info like medical sensor data in a WBAN.
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attacks: Attackers can pose as a legitimate node to intercept or manipulate data. In a Thread network, this could mean redirecting cloud-bound data (e.g., home security alerts) to a malicious server.
Weak Authentication: Many IoT devices have default or weak passwords, making it easy for attackers to join the mesh. A poorly configured Z-Wave hub could let a neighbor’s device infiltrate your network.
Firmware Vulnerabilities: Unpatched devices expose networks to exploits, allowing hackers to infiltrate a Z-Wave hub or BLE Mesh sensor, enabling spoofing or node compromise on devices like smart cameras.
Interference and Jamming: In dense neighborhoods, attackers could jam 2.4 GHz bands (used by Zigbee, Thread, BLE) to disrupt communication, especially in critical setups like hospital LPMMNs. Z-Wave’s sub-GHz bands are less prone but not immune.
Scalability Overloads: Large home mesh networks, like Zigbee’s 65,000-device capacity, can face congestion, enabling DoS attacks that overwhelm nodes and halt data flow, such as security alerts.
Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks: Survey of Communication and Security Protocols
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/12/3590
The cybersecurity mesh: A comprehensive survey of involved artificial intelligence methods, cryptographic protocols and challenges for future research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092523122400198X
Understanding Zigbee and Wireless Mesh Networking
https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/understanding-zigbee-and-wireless-mesh-networking/
Thread is the Future of Wireless Mesh
https://devops.com/thread-is-the-future-of-wireless-mesh/
A survey on security and privacy issues in the wireless mesh networks
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sec.846
A Survey on Scalable LoRaWAN for Massive IoT: Recent Advances, Potentials, and Challenges
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Legacy-LoRaWAN-architecture-EDs-deployed-in-the-target-area-in-the-context-of-any-IoT_fig1_358795632
Data collection in IoT networks: Architecture, solutions, protocols and challenges
https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1049/wss2.12080
Eavesdropping: Hackers intercept unencrypted data as it hops between nodes, exposing sensitive info like heart rate readings in a BLE Mesh hospital network or smart lock codes in a Z-Wave home setup.
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM): Attackers impersonate legitimate nodes to manipulate or redirect data, potentially sending false alerts in a Thread-based disaster recovery system.
Denial-of-Service (DoS): Overloading nodes with traffic can cripple large networks like Zigbee’s 65,000-device setups, halting data flow in smart cities or healthcare systems.
Node Compromise: Exploiting weak passwords or outdated firmware on a single device (smart cameras) allows attackers to control the entire mesh, risking home security or patient safety.
Spoofing: Attackers forge node identities to join the network or send malicious commands, such as spoofing a Zigbee hub to unlock a smart home door, compromising security.
Replay Attacks: Hackers capture and retransmit valid data packets to trick the network into accepting outdated or malicious commands, like replaying a Z-Wave sensor signal to disable alarms.
Sybil Attacks: Malicious nodes pose as multiple fake identities to overwhelm the network or skew routing, disrupting Thread-based smart city traffic sensors and causing false congestion reports.
Real World Scenarios
Healthcare (BLE Mesh): A BLE Mesh network in a hospital relays patient vitals. Hackers intercepting unencrypted data or spoofing nodes could access sensitive health info or send false readings, risking patient safety.
Smart Homes (Z-Wave): A Z-Wave network for elderly care (e.g., fall detection sensors) could be hacked to disable alerts or trigger false alarms, compromising safety in remote areas.
Disaster Recovery (Thread): In a Thread-based disaster zone network, a MITM attack could misroute critical data like survivor locations, delaying response efforts.
Smart Agriculture (Zigbee): A Zigbee farm network connects soil sensors and irrigation systems. Weak authentication could let attackers manipulate data, overwatering crops, while a DoS attack could halt irrigation updates, causing financial loss.
Smart City Infrastructure (6LoWPAN): A 6LoWPAN network manages city streetlights and traffic sensors. Eavesdropping could expose traffic patterns for criminal use, or a node compromise could disrupt lighting, endangering public safety.
Industrial IoT (Thread): A Thread factory network monitors machinery. A MITM attack could fake sensor data, damaging equipment, while jamming could delay failure alerts, risking worker safety.
Remote Healthcare Clinics (BLE Mesh): A BLE Mesh clinic network connects medical devices. Node compromise could falsify vitals, leading to wrong diagnoses, while eavesdropping risks patient privacy breaches.
Cybersecurity Issues in Home Mesh Networks
Shared Network Risks: Even with separate mesh networks per house, shared credentials or protocols can create a domino effect if one device is compromised. For example, a hacked Zigbee smart camera could allow attackers to control locks or other cameras, threatening home security
Eavesdropping: Hackers can intercept data hopping between nodes, especially if encryption is weak. BLE Mesh’s flood-based broadcasting, for instance, can be snooped on if not properly secured, exposing sensitive info like medical sensor data in a WBAN.
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attacks: Attackers can pose as a legitimate node to intercept or manipulate data. In a Thread network, this could mean redirecting cloud-bound data (e.g., home security alerts) to a malicious server.
Weak Authentication: Many IoT devices have default or weak passwords, making it easy for attackers to join the mesh. A poorly configured Z-Wave hub could let a neighbor’s device infiltrate your network.
Firmware Vulnerabilities: Unpatched devices expose networks to exploits, allowing hackers to infiltrate a Z-Wave hub or BLE Mesh sensor, enabling spoofing or node compromise on devices like smart cameras.
Interference and Jamming: In dense neighborhoods, attackers could jam 2.4 GHz bands (used by Zigbee, Thread, BLE) to disrupt communication, especially in critical setups like hospital LPMMNs. Z-Wave’s sub-GHz bands are less prone but not immune.
Scalability Overloads: Large home mesh networks, like Zigbee’s 65,000-device capacity, can face congestion, enabling DoS attacks that overwhelm nodes and halt data flow, such as security alerts.
Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks: Survey of Communication and Security Protocols
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/12/3590
The cybersecurity mesh: A comprehensive survey of involved artificial intelligence methods, cryptographic protocols and challenges for future research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092523122400198X
Understanding Zigbee and Wireless Mesh Networking
https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/understanding-zigbee-and-wireless-mesh-networking/
Thread is the Future of Wireless Mesh
https://devops.com/thread-is-the-future-of-wireless-mesh/
A survey on security and privacy issues in the wireless mesh networks
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sec.846
A Survey on Scalable LoRaWAN for Massive IoT: Recent Advances, Potentials, and Challenges
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Legacy-LoRaWAN-architecture-EDs-deployed-in-the-target-area-in-the-context-of-any-IoT_fig1_358795632
Data collection in IoT networks: Architecture, solutions, protocols and challenges
https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1049/wss2.12080
IEEE WHITE PAPER, Machine Learning for Healthcare-IoT Security: A Review and Risk Mitigation. Link
The Healthcare Internet-of-Things (H-IoT), commonly known as Digital Healthcare, is a data-driven infrastructure that highly relies on smart sensing devices (i.e., blood pressure monitors, temperature sensors, etc.) for faster response time, treatments, and diagnosis. However, with the evolving cyber threat landscape, IoT devices have become more vulnerable to the broader risk surface (risks associated with generative AI, 5G-IoT, etc.), which, if exploited, may lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, lack of command and control and potential harm.
The paper reviews the fundamentals of healthcare IoT, its privacy, and data security challenges associated with machine learning and H-IoT devices. The paper further emphasizes the importance of remote monitoring healthcare IoT layers such as perception, network, cloud, and application. Detecting and responding to anomalies involves various cyber-attacks and protocols such as Wi-Fi 6, Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), Bluetooth, ZigBee, LoRa, and 5G New Radio (5G NR).
The paper reviews the fundamentals of healthcare IoT, its privacy, and data security challenges associated with machine learning and H-IoT devices. The paper further emphasizes the importance of remote monitoring healthcare IoT layers such as perception, network, cloud, and application. Detecting and responding to anomalies involves various cyber-attacks and protocols such as Wi-Fi 6, Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), Bluetooth, ZigBee, LoRa, and 5G New Radio (5G NR).
All diagrams below are from IEEE White Paper : Machine Learning for Healthcare-IoT Security: A Review and Risk Mitigation https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10371310
The Perception layer is You, the Patient, A human.
Different types of attacks in the Perception (human), Network, Cloud and Applications Layers. The pervasive surveillance of you, your precise location, your movements, and your precise vital signs, comes at the cost of various cybersecurity risks across all communication layers.
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Human Centric : What is the 5th Industrial revolution ( 5.0 ) and Society (5.0) ?
Industry 5.0 (the 5th Industrial Revolution) and Society 5.0, reimagine system operations by prioritizing human collaboration through a human-centric ideology. This approach places humans at the core of system operations, integrating digital tools like AI, IoT, and 6G to enhance human capabilities, creativity, and quality of life while addressing societal and environmental challenges outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Human-Centric principle is significant, as it wholeheartedly endorses the integration of humans and digital technologies, emphasizing collaboration and societal progress. In contrast to the provocative biodigital applications like remote telemetry, eHealth, biocyber interfaces, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and remote neuromonitoring, which are narrowly framed as tools for just healthcare services and often raise ethical and societal concerns, Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 unequivocally advocates for a broader human-centric-digital-fusion societal transformation.
Human-Centric Collaboration and Industry 5.0 Framework in Smart Cities and Communities: Fostering Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 9, and 11 in Society 5.0
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/7/4/68
The Fifth Industrial Revolution as a Transformative Step towards Society 5.0
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14/2/19
From Industry 4.0 towards Industry 5.0: A Review and Analysis of Paradigm Shift for the People, Organization and Technology
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/14/5221
ERA industrial technologies roadmap on human-centric research and innovation for the manufacturing sector
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-law-and-publications/publication-detail/-/publication/4a5594d1-4ee3-11ef-acbc-01aa75ed71a1
Future of industry 5.0 in society: human-centric solutions, challenges and prospective research areas
https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13677-022-00314-5
Human-Centric Collaboration and Industry 5.0 Framework in Smart Cities and Communities: Fostering Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 9, and 11 in Society 5.0
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/7/4/68
The Fifth Industrial Revolution as a Transformative Step towards Society 5.0
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14/2/19
From Industry 4.0 towards Industry 5.0: A Review and Analysis of Paradigm Shift for the People, Organization and Technology
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/14/5221
ERA industrial technologies roadmap on human-centric research and innovation for the manufacturing sector
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-law-and-publications/publication-detail/-/publication/4a5594d1-4ee3-11ef-acbc-01aa75ed71a1
Future of industry 5.0 in society: human-centric solutions, challenges and prospective research areas
https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13677-022-00314-5
Is COVID-19 pushing us to the Fifth Industrial Revolution (Society 5.0)?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348204227_Is_COVID-19_pushing_us_to_the_Fifth_Industrial_Revolution_Society_50
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348204227_Is_COVID-19_pushing_us_to_the_Fifth_Industrial_Revolution_Society_50
Industry 5.0 : Industry 5.0 or The 5th Industrial Revolution, represents the next phase of industrial evolution, building upon Industry 4.0 by adding a Human-Centric approach and focusing on sustainability, resilience, and societal value. It emphasizes collaboration between humans and machines, leveraging technology to empower workers and enhance overall efficiency and well-being.
Society 5.0 : Society 5.0 is a concept of a future society proposed by Japan, envisioning a Human-Centered, technology-driven society that balances economic growth with social problem-solving through the merging of cyberspace and physical space. It's also known as the "super-smart society" and aims to create a sustainable and inclusive socio-economic system
Industry 5.0—A Human-Centric Solution
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/16/4371
Explainable AI for Industry 5.0: Vision, Architecture, and Potential Directions
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10526434/figures#figures
From Industry 4.0 towards Industry 5.0: A Review and Analysis of Paradigm Shift for the People, Organization and Technology
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/14/5221
Society 5.0 A People-centric Super-smart Society
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-2989-4
Society 5.0: Internet as if People Mattered
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771320
The Future with Industry 4.0 at the Core of Society 5.0: Open Issues, Future Opportunities and Challenges
https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13677-022-00314-5
Society 5.0 : Society 5.0 is a concept of a future society proposed by Japan, envisioning a Human-Centered, technology-driven society that balances economic growth with social problem-solving through the merging of cyberspace and physical space. It's also known as the "super-smart society" and aims to create a sustainable and inclusive socio-economic system
Industry 5.0—A Human-Centric Solution
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/16/4371
Explainable AI for Industry 5.0: Vision, Architecture, and Potential Directions
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10526434/figures#figures
From Industry 4.0 towards Industry 5.0: A Review and Analysis of Paradigm Shift for the People, Organization and Technology
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/14/5221
Society 5.0 A People-centric Super-smart Society
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-2989-4
Society 5.0: Internet as if People Mattered
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771320
The Future with Industry 4.0 at the Core of Society 5.0: Open Issues, Future Opportunities and Challenges
https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13677-022-00314-5
1. Development of Human Society 2. The Nature of Society 5.0 click on pics to enlarge
https://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/2018/095_outline.pdf
