Let them see you sweat: What new wearable sensors can reveal from perspiration
When engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, say they are going to make you sweat, it is all in the name of science.
When engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, say they are going to make you sweat, it is all in the name of science.
Engineering
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MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs ...
Materials Science
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(Phys.org) —Stanford engineers have developed what could be the next big thing in interactive gaming: handheld game controllers that measure the player's physiology and alter the gameplay to make it more engaging.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A diverse team of researchers from the U.S., China, and Singapore has created a patch that when glued to the skin can be used as a thermometer—continuously measuring skin temperature. In their paper published ...
Scientists studying endangered southern resident killer whales have observed a strong increase in the prevalence of skin disease in this population.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.
Environment
Jan 9, 2023
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A combined team of researchers from Lund University in Sweden and Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary has found evidence that dogs are able to "smell" radiated heat. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes—a feat that ...
Materials Science
Mar 3, 2020
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Thermal imaging can detect how animals are coping with their environment, avoiding the need for capture, according to new research.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2018
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Wearable sensors that monitor heart rate, activity, skin temperature and other variables can reveal a lot about what is going on inside a person, including the onset of infection, inflammation and even insulin resistance, ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 12, 2017
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