Wearable turns away bacteria with your clothes
A new fabric innovation allows the wearer to control electronic devices through the clothing and keep the wearer safe from the latest virus that’s going around.
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Smart textiles: breathable fabric to power small electronics
Scientists have created a new triboelectric fabric that generates electricity from the movement of the body while remaining flexible and breathable.
Self-powered implant stimulates fast bone healing
Reseachers have developed a self-powered implantable and bioresorbable electrostimulation device for biofeedback bone fracture healing.
Self-aware materials for living structures
Researchers at University of Pittsburgh have developed a revolutionary scalable material that senses and powers itself.
Patching up your ehealth
Researchers have developed ultrathin self-powered health patches that can monitor a user's pulse and blood pressure, which may lead to new flexible motion-based energy harvesting devices.
Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance wearables
A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.
Micro-supercapacitors to self-power wearables
A stretchable system that can harvest energy from human breathing and motion for use in wearable health-monitoring devices may be possible.
Powering wearable sensors through human motion
Researchers have harvested kinetic energy that is produced by a person as they move around.