Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A research team has developed an electronic skin that detects and precisely tracks magnetic fields with a single global sensor. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Wearables
See the products of tomorrow, including a nanorobotic hand made of DNA that can grab viruses for detection or inhibition developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; a new and improved wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring developed at the University of California San Diego; and soft and intelligent sensor materials based on ceramic particles developed at Empa’s Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics.
Q&A: Medical
Matthew Flavin, Ph.D., was part of a team at Northwestern University that developed a haptic patch to convey visual information to unsighted people through an array of multi-function actuators. Now, as assistant professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, he has started a new lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology to continue his work on bioelectronics.
Briefs: Physical Sciences
Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundering. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on the textile. Read on to learn more.
Blog: Design
Researchers have built a full textile energy grid that can be wirelessly charged. The team reported that it can power textile devices, including a warming element and environmental sensors that transmit data in real-time.
Briefs: Wearables
A flexible and stretchable cell has been developed for wearable electronic devices that require a reliable and efficient energy source that can easily be integrated into the human body. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Stanford have been working on skin-like, stretchable electronic devices for over a decade. Recently, they presented a new design and fabrication process for skin-like integrated circuits that are five times smaller and operate at one thousand times higher speeds than earlier versions. Read on to learn more about it.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Silicon semiconductors have become the ‘oil’ of the computer age, as was demonstrated recently by the chip shortage crisis. However, one of the disadvantages of...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In a new study, engineers from Korea and the United States have developed a wearable, stretchy patch that could help to bridge the divide between people and machines — and with benefits for the health of humans around the world. In lab experiments, the researchers showed that humans could use these devices to operate robotic exoskeletons more efficiently.
Podcasts: Wearables
Exploring advancements in wearable injector technology, examining how these devices are transforming the administration of medications, improving patient adherence, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of treatment plans.
Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
DNA-based biosensors offer a highly sensitive and specific approach for detecting a range of target molecules.
Briefs: Medical
Taking inspiration from origami, MIT engineers have now designed a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces, to patch up internal injuries.
Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An at home, non-invasive for urge urinary incontinence and urinary urgency without the need for surgery, implants, or drugs demonstrated to potential of wearable neuromodulation.
Podcasts: Wearables
Medical-grade wearables can increase patient engagement and gather robust data for clinical trials.
Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable medical devices must balance the need for continuous monitoring with power efficiency.
Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Achieving interoperability as medical-grade wearables integrate with diverse healthcare systems.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Continuous monitoring of sweat can reveal valuable information about human health, such as the body’s glucose levels. However, wearable sensors previously developed for this...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the products of tomorrow, including microscale robots, LOTUS coating, and a wearable e-tattoo.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The patch uses ultrasound to monitor blood flow to organs.
Briefs: Wearables
Engineers have developed a stretchable ultrasonic array capable of serial, non-invasive, three-dimensional imaging of tissues as deep as four centimeters below the surface of human skin, at a spatial resolution of 0.5 mm.
Blog: Medical
Engineers at University of California San Diego have developed a fully integrated system for deep-tissue monitoring.
Briefs: Wearables
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.
Videos of the Month: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the videos of the month for April 2023.
Articles: Wearables
See the products of tomorrow--today.
Articles: Motion Control
To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.
Briefs: Medical
Flexible, wearable electronics could be used for precision medical sensors attached to the skin, designed to perform health monitoring and diagnosis.
Briefs: Materials
The smart bandage can dispense antibiotic, monitor wound-healing biomarkers, and report important data directly to doctors.