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Fabrication processes and sensing performance of the multifunctional wearable electronics: (A) schematic illustration of the fabrication processes of the multifunctional wearable electronics; (B) motion tracking performance with the multifunctional device worn on the wrist; (C) indoor and outdoor body temperatures acquired using the wearable electronics mounted on the forehead (top) and comparison of measured indoor body temperatures when the wearable electronics is mounted at different locations (bottom); (D) acoustic data acquired using the wearable electronics mounted on the neck; (E) ECG data acquired using the wearable electronics when the participant is at rest (top), and after exercising for 13 s (middle) and 34 s (bottom). Image credit: Chuanqian Shi, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Researchers Develop Highly Stretchable, Self-Healable, and Recyclable Wearable Electronics

Nov 6, 2020 by News Staff

Wearable electronics can be integrated with the human body for monitoring physical activities and health conditions, for human-computer interfaces, and...

The skin-like sensing prototype device, made with stretchable electronics. Image credit: RMIT University.

Newly-Developed Electronic Artificial Skin Can Sense Touch, Pain and Heat

Sep 8, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed electronic artificial skin that mimics the human body’s near-instant feedback response and can...

The new e-skin can be conformally mounted onto a human arm; it can be rehealed when it is damaged and can be fully recycled at room temperature. Image credit: Jianliang Xiao, University of Colorado Boulder.

Scientists Develop Rehealable, Fully Recyclable, and Malleable E-skin

Feb 13, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Yunnan University and the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and...

System outline of a blood oxygen level monitor: red and green PLEDs are directed to shine into the finger; reflected light from inside the finger is caught by an ultraflexible organic photodetector; this reflected light provides a measure of blood oxygen and pulse rate; the output of the sensor can be shown on a PLED display. Image credit: Tomoyuki Yokota et al. / Someya Laboratory, University of Tokyo.

Japanese Researchers Develop Ultraflexible ‘E-Skin’

Apr 18, 2016 by News Staff

Professor Takao Someya’s research group at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering has developed an ultraflexible ‘e-skin’...