In the latest of a series of innovative designs for wearable sensors that use sweat to identify and measure physiological conditions, Caltech’s Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, has devised an “electronic skin” that continuously monitors nine different markers that characterize a stress response.Those wearing this electronic skin—a small, thin adhesive worn on the...
OCTOBER 5TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGSCARDIOLOGY, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, TELEMEDICINE Imperial College London researchers created a conductive cotton thread that can undergo a computerized embroidery process for incorporation into commercially produced textiles, such as t-shirts and face masks. The thread, called PECOTEX, can be used to create wearable health sensors, such as heart rate monitors, breathing monitors...
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks. Potential applications range from monitoring exercise, sleep, and stress to diagnosing and monitoring disease through breath and vital signs. Spun from a new Imperial-developed cotton-based conductive thread called PECOTEX, the sensors cost little...
by Giorgia Guglielmi, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Distribution of gait speed at home and the average values of the gait speed for the clinical assessments for each patient. Credit: npj Parkinson’s Disease (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41531-021-00171-0 EPFL scientists have developed algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, could help clinicians to monitor the progression of Parkinson’s disease and assess...
An example of the new wearable sensor developed at Penn State UniversityLing Zhang, Penn State/Cheng Lab and Harbin Institute of Technology Flexible electronics have opened up some interesting possibilities when it comes to wearable sensors that can be applied to the skin, taking the form of tattoo-like films and sleeves that monitor various aspects of human health. Scientists at...
