Wearables

Smart Patches and Bandages

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Briefs: Wearables
A patch of needles connected to a paper sensor diagnoses conditions such as prediabetes.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
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Briefs: Wearables
Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists around the world are working to develop electronic skins that attach to the body and monitor vital signs. These E-skins need to be comfortable, breathable, and flexible for everyday...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Briefs: Wearables
The patch uses painless, biodegradable microneedles.
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Articles: Energy
A malaria-test "bandage"; underwater navigation via sound; and a biodegrading, implantable sensor.
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INSIDER: Wearables
Field Effect Transistors (FET) are the core building blocks of modern electronics such as integrated circuits, computer CPUs, and display backplanes. Organic...
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A battery-less pacing system enables painless defibrillation.
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Briefs: Medical
The dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable “on-patient” storage of vaccination history.
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Question of the Week: Wearables
Will We Someday 'Draw' Sensors On Our Skin?
A Tech Brief featured in our October issue showcases how University of Missouri researchers are creating pencil-drawn sensors. The engineers demonstrated that the simple combination of pencils and paper could be used to create personal, health-monitoring devices.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Fully integrated flexible electronics made of magnetic sensors and organic circuits open the path towards the development of electronic skin.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The proliferation and miniaturization of electronics in devices, wearables, medical implants, and other applications has...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the University of Houston report that they have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data...
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Special Reports: IoMT
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Medical Sensors & Wearables - August 2020
The wearable medical device market is expected to reach nearly $20 billion by 2025, driven by advances in sensor technology. This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Medical Design Briefs...

Briefs: Wearables
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body.
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Briefs: Energy
The patch could serve as a personal thermostat and save energy.
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Application Briefs: Wearables
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Bio-interfacing and biodegradable flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) devices can help tackle some of the world’s great challenges including environmental degradation and food scarcity.
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5 Ws: Medical
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces, such as doorknobs, could instantly kill them off?
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Briefs: Defense
This on-skin electronic device provides a personal air conditioner without electricity.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart jumpsuit accurately measures the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants
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Briefs: Wearables
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A new manufacturing process could produce flexible electronics for things like virtual reality-enabled contact lenses, solar-powered skins that mold to the contours of your car, and...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs to be strong, flexible, and efficient.
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Articles: Wearables
Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
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Articles: Wearables
Learn more about the how "CSD" offers a cost-effective, non-invasive way of saving the lives of infants.
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