A wearable gas sensor for health monitoring
A highly sensitive wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available.
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“Band-aid” sensor patch monitors vital parameters
Researchers have developed a patch-based health diagnosis sensor system that is easily attached to skin, like a band aid.
Skin-like sensors bring a human touch to wearable tech
Researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.
Wearable AC monitors vital data
Smart shirt includes health care applications such as the ability to monitor blood pressure, electrical activity of the heart and the level of skin hydration.
3D printing helps form wearable sensor
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive wearable pressure sensor for health monitoring applications and early diagnosis of diseases.
Wearable sensor to help treat swallowing disorders
A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of people with swallowing disorders is about to be released into the market.
Nexkin: multiparametric monitoring shirt launched
Chronolife announced the launch of Nexkin, a washable smart T-shirt that monitors six key physiological parameters to enable prevention, risk reduction, and remote monitoring.
Wearable sweat sensor detects Gout-causing compounds
Researchers describe a mass-producible wearable sensor that can monitor levels of metabolites and nutrients in a person's blood by analyzing their sweat.
Nano-based wearable electronics for mental disorder diagnosis
NanoEDGE research project aims at converging production techniques for functionalized electrodes with expertise in nanomaterial fabrication and characterization.
Wearables could help older people manage diabetes
Older people with diabetes would benefit from using wearable glucose monitors.
Wireless oxygen sensor monitors sick infants
Researchers have created a mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next
Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.
Wearables link insufficient sleep to biological aging
Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.
ELSAH – A ‘Smart Patch’ to determine biomarkers
At the start of 2019 the EU project ELSAH began with the objective of designing a wearable within four years that enables the continuous determination of biomarker concentrations.
AI system tracks tremors in Parkinson’s patients
Researchers have developed machine learning algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, can continuously track tremor severity in Parkinson's patients.
Wearables predict frailty, disability and death
Researchers analyzed patterns of movement among elderly study participants and found that irregular, spontaneous fluctuations could predict a person's risk of frailty, disability and death years later.
Activity trackers provide key predictors of mortality
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine show that wearable activity trackers are a reliable tool for predicting death risk in older adults.
Kirigami inspires new method for wearable sensors
Researchers have developed a method of adopting kirigami architectures to help materials become more strain tolerant and more adaptable to movement.
Kirigami sensor patch could improve injury recovery
Scientists created a 3D printed a wearable kirigami sensor patch for shoulders that could improve injury recovery and athletic training.
Sensors help predict outbursts in autistic kids
Sweating for science: researcher uses sweat monitors to predict behavioral issues in adolescents severely affected with autism.
Activity trackers help manage diabetes
Patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease who used wearable step-counting devices have shown small-to-medium improvements in physical activity.
Printed electronics open way for personalized biosensors
The first demonstration of a fully print-in-place electronics technique is gentle enough to work on surfaces as delicate as human skin and paper.
Smart insole monitors foot health for diabetic patients
The smart insole can be inserted into a sneaker or dress shoe to passively monitor the foot health of a person living with diabetes.
‘Smart shirt’ proving itself on monitoring lung disease
A smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest has proven to be accurate when compared to traditional testing equipment.
Microneedle biosensors detect patient antibiotic levels
Scientists have successfully used microneedle biosensors to accurately detect changes in antibiotic levels in the body, for the first time.
Step trackers accurately predicting patient health
Researchers found that steps measured through wearable tracker can be used to estimate exercise capacity and determine the health status of patients.
Wearable brain-machine interface could control a wheelchair
Combining new wearable electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly interact with a computer.
New transparent and graphene enabled wearables
Researchers have found a way to use graphene to make flexible photodetectors to measure heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and breathing rate.
mhealth: health studies to benefit from Apple watch
During its latest keynote presentation, tech giant Apple announced cooperations for health studies. The latest model of their smartwatches are to be key in their execution.