A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at Penn State and Northeastern University.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 16, 2020
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Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 18, 2019
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The trend of wearable devices (smart accessories) like bracelets, sunglasses and watches, is rarely focused on the elderly population. However, Mexican Francisco Lopez-Lira Fennel, who lives in Spain, wants these devices ...
Engineering
Feb 9, 2015
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Researchers at Drexel University's College of Engineering have reported that fabric coated with a conductive, two-dimensional material called MXene, is highly effective at blocking electromagnetic waves and potentially harmful ...
Materials Science
Dec 11, 2020
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The advent of inexpensive wearable sensors that can monitor heart rate and body temperature, as well as levels of blood sugar and metabolic byproducts, has allowed researchers and health professionals to monitor human health ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 16, 2020
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Wearable electronic devices for health and fitness monitoring are a rapidly growing area of consumer electronics; one of their biggest limitations is the capacity of their tiny batteries to deliver enough power to transmit ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 7, 2015
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Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired in 2012 for $12.5 billion, is doing a serious talent search for a newly minted "Senior Director Industrial Design-Wearables," according to a recent job posting that lists Chicago as ...
The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2016
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Wearable electronic components incorporated directly into fabrics have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The devices could be used for flexible circuits, healthcare monitoring, energy conversion, ...
Nanomaterials
May 15, 2019
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After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touching their phones.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 28, 2013
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