by Loretta Wylde, Monash University Wearable “skin” and biosensor. Credit: Monash University A new ultra-thin skinpatch with nanotechnology able to monitor 11 human health signals has been developed by researchers at Monash University. Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Information Technology combined nanotechnology and artificial intelligence to bring machines one step closer to communicating with the human body. Using...
When Tim Cook took the stage at a September 2014 event to announce the hotly anticipated, long-rumored Apple Watch, he described it as a “comprehensive health and fitness device.” The announcement set the foundation for what the company thought smartwatches and wearable devices would be — not just for fun, not just for notifications, but for...
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: (L-R) NTU’S SCHOOL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING (MSE) SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW DR GURUNATHAN THANGAVEL, MATERIALS SCIENTIST AND DEAN OF NTU GRADUATE COLLEGE PROFESSOR LEE POOI SEE, AND NTU MSE RESEARCH FELLOW DR LYU JIAN. CREDIT: NTU SINGAPORE Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a soft and stretchable battery...
U of A researchers, precision health company team up to develop sensor small enough to wear behind the ear but powerful enough to reduce costly hospital visits. University of Alberta researchers are teaming up with a precision-health innovator to develop a low-cost wearable sensor to help people suffering from chronic neurologic conditions treat their illness remotely while reducing...
by Tim Sullivan, Harvard Medical School3 Wearable technology and other mobile data-gathering devices should replace self-reporting diaries to track symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study from a large industry and academic collaboration argues. The study was published January 17 in npj Digital Medicine. “For clinicians to effectively manage the diseaseand for researchers...
Artificial ‘skin’ sensor could be the future of wearable and stretchable electronics, with applications in wound-healing, gaming and more UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of Toronto Engineering researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin. Dubbed artificial ionic skin — or...
