(Nanowerk News) Researchers demonstrate a novel type of sensor which is applied directly to the skin to capture certain biometric information. Made from nanoscopic fibers, billionths of a meter thick, ...

Wearable, flexible strain sensors unobtrusively monitor tiny vibrations of human skin in real time and with great accuracy, thanks to innovative fabrication techniques using composite materials. High ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic skin, or e-skin, is an emerging technology that aims to mimic the sensing capabilities of human skin using flexible electronic materials and sensors. An exciting ...

Over the past decade, researchers have made many skin-like medical and environmental sensors. But adding stretchable wireless communication circuits to these sensors has been difficult. Those radio ...

"Drawn-on-skin” electronics penned directly on the patient’s skin can create multifunctional sensors and circuits to collect various physiological signals. (Courtesy: Cunjiang Yu, University of ...

A research team has developed a new range of strain sensors that are 10 times more sensitive when measuring minute movements. These sensors are ultra-thin, battery-free and can transmit data ...

Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can be attached to the face and measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. With this approach, patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...