Seatooth technology , a through - water wireless communication system , is being opened up to commercial applications by WFS Technologies . The system , which has primarily been used in the offshore and defence sectors , could now be applied to smartphones and smart watches to create waterproof health devices . Brendan Hyland , chairman of WFS Technologies , said Seatooth could give rise to the ‘ ' Internet of Things ' , taking the technology into the areas of water sports , environmental monitoring , and commercial activity .
Seatooth technology, a through-water wireless communications system, is being opened up to commercial applications by WFS Technologies. The system, which has primarily been used in the offshore and defence sectors, could now be applied to smartphones and smart watches to create waterproof health devices. Brendan Hyland, chairman of WFS Technologies, said Seatooth could give rise to the ‘Subsea Internet of Things', taking the technology into the domain of water sports, environmental monitoring, and commercial activity.