Soft robot detects damage, heals itself (video)
Cornell University engineers have created a soft robot capable of detecting when and where it was damaged—and then healing itself on the spot.
Dec 7, 2022
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News tagged with wearable technologies
Energy & Green Tech
Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough
While at the proof-of-concept stage, it shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in several practical applications including electric vehicles, phones and wearable technology.
Feb 17, 2020
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Engineering
Research team develops sweat-resistant wearable robot sensor
New electromyography (EMG) sensor technology that allows the long-term stable control of wearable robots and is not affected by the wearer's sweat and dead skin has gained attention recently. Wearable robots are devices used ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Robotics
A color-based sensor to emulate skin's sensitivity for wearables and soft robotics
In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, EPFL researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli.
Dec 1, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A touch-responsive fabric armband for flexible keyboards, wearable sketchpads
It's time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology—a fabric armband that's actually a touch pad.
May 2, 2023
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Engineering
Plastic transistor amplifies biochemical sensing signal
The molecules in our bodies are in constant communication. Some of these molecules provide a biochemical fingerprint that could indicate how a wound is healing, whether or not a cancer treatment is working or that a virus ...
Apr 1, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Standalone sweat sensor provides immediate readout
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a thin, flexible and stretchy sweat sensor that can show the level of glucose, lactate, sodium, or pH of your sweat, at the press of a finger. It is the first ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Engineering
Coin-sized wearable biosensing platform for digital health
A team of researchers in the Faculty of Engineering of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a coin-sized system that can read weak electrochemical signals and can be used for personalized health monitoring and ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Engineering
Electrospinning promises major improvements in wearable technology
Wearable technology has exploded in recent years. Spurred by advances in flexible sensors, transistors, energy storage, and harvesting devices, wearables encompass miniaturized electronic devices worn directly on the human ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Engineering
Wearable electronics: Extrusion printing creates flexible, highly sensitive motion device
The creation of high-resolution extrusion printing—think 3D printing but with ink that conducts electricity—has enabled University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers to explore the potential of wearable human motion ...
Jun 16, 2022
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