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 technology
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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Internet
Battery-free smart devices to harvest ambient energy for IoT
Power management systems that harvest ambient energy will power billions of small devices on the Internet of Things.
Oct 5, 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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Electronics & Semiconductors
Chinese scientists develop highly robust stretchable electrode for E-skin applications
Prof. Li Runwei's group at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperating with Prof. Zhu Guang's group from University of Nottingham Ningbo China, has ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tiny devices pave way for self-charging smart tech
Self-charging smartwatches and health trackers could be a step closer following the development of tiny mechanical devices powered by movement, a study suggests.
Apr 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy-harvesting wearable device made from recycled waste
Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials—and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device developed at the University of Surrey.
Mar 3, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Digital microscale electrochemical energy storage devices
With the development of the internet of things and information technology, it can be foreseen that we will enter a digital, intelligent and fully connected world.
Dec 16, 2021
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