1. Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK) may replace Dialysis for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease:
The technology may become an alternative to conventional hemodialysis for people with end-stage kidney disease. Present-day treatment generally requires three sessions a week on a stationary machine that restricts patients’ ability to walk around while it is attached and running. In contrast, with a wearable device patients would no longer be tethered. In addition to mobility, it would also provide additional treatment benefits from longer sessions or more frequent days of dialysis.
2. Electronic skin’ takes wearable health monitors to the next level:
A new, electronic skin microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits it to a smartphone. The electronic skin offers several improvements over existing trackers, including greater flexibility, smaller size, and the ability to stick the self-adhesive patch — which is a very soft silicone about four centimeters in diameter — just about anywhere on the body.
3. Wearable AI system can detect a conversation’s tone:
MIT Researchers have developed a wearable system that uses artificial intelligence to predict if a conversation is happy, sad, or neutral based on a person’s speech patterns and vitals. As a participant tells a story, the system can analyze audio, text transcriptions, and physiological signals to determine the overall tone of the story with 83 percent accuracy. Using deep-learning techniques, the system can also provide a “sentiment score” for specific five-second intervals within a conversation.
4. Wearable ‘microbrewery’ saves human body from Radiation Damage:
Purdue University researchers have engineered yeast “microbreweries” within disposable badges made of freezer paper, aluminum and tape.
Simply adding a drop of water activates the yeast to show radiation exposure as read by an electronic device. It can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure, enabling a faster assessment of tissue damage that could lead to cancer.
5. Flexible Wearable Electronic Skin Patch offers new way to monitor Alcohol levels:
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a flexible wearable sensor that can accurately measure a person’s blood alcohol level from sweat and transmit the data wirelessly to a laptop, smartphone or other mobile device. The device can be worn on the skin and could be used by doctors and police officers for continuous, non-invasive and real-time monitoring of blood alcohol content.
6. MIT’s spinout mPath’s Wearable device reveals consumer emotions:
The startup’s MOXO sensor is a wearable that resembles a bulky smartwatch. Placed on the wrist, it wirelessly measures changes in skin conductance , which reflect sympathetic nervous system activity and physiological arousal. Spikes in conductance can signal stress and frustration, while dips may indicate disinterest or boredom.
7. Stretchable Biofuel Cells extract Energy from Sweat to power wearable devices:
A team of engineers has developed stretchable fuel cells that extract energy from sweat and are capable of powering electronics, such as LEDs and Bluetooth radios. The biofuel cells generate 10 times more power per surface area than any existing wearable biofuel cells. The devices could be used to power a range of wearable devices.
8. Paper-folding art “Kirigami” inspires better bandages:
Now MIT engineers have come up with a stickier solution, in the form of a thin, lightweight, rubber-like film. The adhesive film can stick to highly deformable regions of the body, such as the knee and elbow, and maintain its hold even after 100 bending cycles. The key to the film’s clinginess is a pattern of slits that the researchers have cut into the film, similar to the cuts made in a paper-folding art form known as kirigami.
9. Wearable Ultrasound Patch monitors blood pressure deep inside body:
A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the skin could help people detect cardiovascular problems earlier on and with greater precision. In tests, the patch performed as well as some clinical methods to measure blood pressure. Applications include real-time, continuous monitoring of blood pressure changes in patients with heart or lung disease, as well as patients who are critically ill or undergoing surgery. The patch uses ultrasound, so it could potentially be used to non-invasively track other vital signs and physiological signals from places deep inside the body.
10. E-skin for monitoring body’s oxygen level:
University of Tokyo researchers have developed an ultrathin, ultraflexible, protective layer and demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. This technology will enable creation of e-skin i-e electronic skin displays of blood oxygen level, e-skin heart rate sensors for athletes and many other applications.
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