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Wearable Technology News
August 1, 2023

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Sweat It Out: Novel Wearable Biosensor for Monitoring Sweat Electrolytes for Use in Healthcare and Sports

Wearable sensors are becoming a promising tool in personalized healthcare and exercise monitoring. In a recent study, researchers develop a novel wearable chemical sensor capable of measuring the concentration of chloride ions in sweat. By using a ...

Fiber Optic Smart Pants Offer a Low-Cost Way to Monitor Movements

New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting natural ...

Stretchable Knee Wearable Offers Insight Into Improving E-Textiles for Healthcare

Researchers developed a fully knitted, circuit-embedded knee wearable for wireless sensing of joint motion in real-time. Compared to other knitted electronics, this model has fewer externally integrated components and a more sensitive sensor, making ...

A Giant Leap Forward in Wireless Ultrasound Monitoring for Subjects in Motion

Engineers have developed the first fully integrated wearable ultrasound system for deep-tissue monitoring, including for subjects on the ...
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Under Pressure: Breakthrough New Material Solves Problem of Wearable Sensors

Researchers have synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of ...

Powering Wearable Technology With MXene Textile Supercapacitor 'Patch'

研究人员正在更近一步可穿戴textile technology a reality. Materials scientists have reported a new design of a flexible wearable supercapacitor patch. It uses MXene to create a ...

Hand Washing Fabrics Reduces Microplastic Release Compared With Machine Washing

From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...

Screen-Printing Method Can Make Wearable Electronics Less Expensive

A new study demonstrates that electrodes can be made using just screen printing, creating a stretchable, durable circuit pattern that can be transferred to fabric and worn directly on human skin. ...

Researchers Demonstrate New Sensors by Creating Novel Health Monitoring, Machine Interface Devices

Researchers have developed a stretchable strain sensor that has an unprecedented combination of sensitivity and range, allowing it to detect even minor changes in strain with greater range of motion ...

Researchers Eye Embroidery as Low-Cost Solution for Making Wearable Electronics

Researchers tested embroidery as a low-cost technique for making power-generating ...

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Engineers Weave Advanced Fabric That Can Cool a Wearer Down and Warm Them Up

Textile engineers have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced substances that combine to produce a fabric that can respond ...

Improving Wearable Medical Sensors With Ultrathin Mesh

On-skin medical sensors and wearable health devices are important health care tools that must be incredibly flexible and ultrathin so they can move with the human body. In a recent paper, researchers ...

Wearable Sensors Styled Into T-Shirts and Face Masks

Researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into T-shirts and face ...

Personal Health Trackers May Include Smart Face Mask, Other Wearables

New research demonstrates different ways to improve wearable bioelectronic devices and materials to provide better real-time monitoring of a person's health, including vital ...

Design Tweak Helps Prevent Malfunction in Yarns Designed to Store Energy

发现在最近的一项研究可以推进重击opment of 'smart textiles' that would capture energy from the wearer's ...

New Acoustic Fabric Converts Audible Sounds Into Electrical Signals

Researchers have developed a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals. They designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical ...

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Cloth Masks Inferior for Protection Against Airborne Viral Spread

A new study examines the efficacy of particle filtration by woven fabric, which consists of fibers twisted together into yarns. There are, therefore, two lengthscales: the diameters of the fiber and ...

Anti-Odor Coating Is No Washout

For the first time, researchers have found a cost-effective and convenient way to apply a silver-based antimicrobial clear coating to new or existing textiles. Their method uses polyphenols, commonly ...

Clothes Dryers Are an Underappreciated Source of Airborne Microfibers

No one likes when their favorite clothes develop holes or unravel after many laundry cycles. But what happens to the fragments of fabric and stitching that come off? Although it's known that ...

What Your Sweat Says About Your Health

Sweating it out through exercise may be a New Year's resolution but it could also help to provide new insights into the state of your health, according to new sensing technology being ...

Sustainable Silk Material for Biomedical, Optical, Food Supply Applications

Researchers discuss the properties of silk and recent and future applications of the material. It has been used in drug delivery and is ideal for wearable and implantable health monitoring sensors. ...

Stretchy, Washable Battery Brings Wearable Devices Closer to Reality

Researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable. In addition to watches and patches for measuring vital signs, the battery might also be integrated with ...

发明让人们进行支付购买h-Five

Imagine your car starting the moment you get in because it recognizes the jacket you're wearing. Consider the value of a hospital gown that continuously measures and transmits a patient's ...

Engineers Develop Process That Turns Ordinary Clothing Into Biosensors

Chemical engineers have developed a process that turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle's electrical activity as it is worn. This could become a much better solution in ...

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