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Application Briefs: Wearables
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
A far infrared temperature sensor is small in size but big in performance.
Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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.
Articles: Wearables
Combining pulse oximetry with a heart-rate monitor improves sleep monitoring accuracy.
Articles: Wearables
Nature-Inspired Energy Tech, Superelastic Tires, Wearable Supercapacitors, and more...
Briefs: Energy
The flexible device harvests heat energy from the body to monitor health.
5 Ws: Materials
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces, such as doorknobs, could instantly kill them off?
Briefs: Internet of Things
The rainproof, stainproof technology turns clothing into self-powered remotes while turning away bacteria.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tech Briefs posed questions to 3D printing/AM industry execs, to get their views on issues like metal printing, new materials, and environmental sustainability.
Briefs: Medical
Mobile, Wearable EEG Device with Nanowire Sensors
This low-cost electroencephalogram (EEG) device provides research-grade signal quality.
Briefs: Defense
This on-skin electronic device provides a personal air conditioner without electricity.
5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart jumpsuit accurately measures the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants
Articles: Wearables
A cryptographic ID tag, a high-reliability NASA switch, and a stretchable thermoelectric generator...
Briefs: Wearables
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
INSIDER: Wearables
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...
INSIDER: Physical Sciences
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.
Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
See some of the world-changing tools and technologies launched by Caltech scientists, from earthquake monitoring to helping the blind see.
Briefs: Energy
A wearable energy harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging.
Question of the Week: Wearables
Would You Use the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS)?
Our “5Ws” article in the March issue of Tech Briefs highlights a wearable developed at Columbia University called “PAWS.” The Pedestrian Audio Wearable System detects and locates approaching cars. PAWS then warns the pedestrian in real-time by providing audio/visual feedback via the...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drones, smartphones, and sensors could provide a lifeline to the world’s growing elderly population at risk of falls.
Briefs: Wearables
A mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Q&A: Semiconductors & ICs
Drexel Professor Genevieve Dion is coating yarn with the highly conductive, two-dimensional material MXene.
Briefs: Wearables
These soft robots can be rolled up and carried in a pocket.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
System Allows Diabetics to Monitor Blood Sugar Without Drawing Blood
The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.
Briefs: Wearables
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
Articles: Imaging
Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.
Briefs: Energy
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
News: Energy
A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed and patented...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Webcasts
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Summits: Energy
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