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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Artificial skin reacts to pain just like real skin, paving the way to better prosthetics, robotics, and noninvasive alternatives to skin grafts.
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Briefs: Energy
The flexible, washable microgrid uses the human body to sustainably power small electronics.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device ultimately should be able to provide accurate signals from a person who is walking, running, or climbing stairs.
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Briefs: Wearables
Applications include detection of chemical and biological agents as well as dangerous gases from vehicle emissions.
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Briefs: Wearables
The mobile, wearable device could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These smart lenses can be used to diagnose and treat diabetes.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
The wearable device offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections and wounds.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
The future of computing is in fabrics, says Prof, Yoel Fink from MIT.
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Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Marcus Gerhardt and his company at Blackrock Neurotech are creating a brain-computer interface that restores senses for paralyzed patients.
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5 Ws: Wearables
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A study seeks to understand how different parts of the brain communicate with other.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables.
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Briefs: Wearables
These textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing and potentially help patients recovering from post-surgery breathing changes.
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Briefs: Wearables
The patch enables unobtrusive drug delivery through the skin for the management of skin cancers.
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Briefs: Software
The mobile phone app enables regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Briefs: Energy
This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Textiles and items of clothing can be converted into e-textiles without affecting their original properties.
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Briefs: Wearables
The camera captures pulse and respiration signals from a video of a person’s face.
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Briefs: Wearables
The technology shines through fabrics to show notifications for email messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
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Briefs: Energy
The biofuel cells can power wearable electronics purely by using human sweat.
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Briefs: Energy
The device is stretchy enough to wear like a ring, a bracelet, or any other accessory that touches the skin.
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Blog: Materials
Duke scientists have created a fabric that releases heat once you start sweating.
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Facility Focus: Wearables
Learn about the technologies being developed at NC State, including vehicle armor, a monitoring patch for plants, and origami-inspired materials.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The suit can be controlled with a double tap to the chest or via an app.
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