[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/USAF-sweat-sensor.jpg” thumb_width=”150″ /]Call them
‘sticky sensors’, biosensor tattoos or as you like, but there’s been a lot of research happening in the past three years around gathering biometrics from skin contact. Whether it’s the
John Rogers ‘skunk works’ at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign measuring ECG, EEG and cardiovascular conditions;
University of California-San Diego’s lactate and blood glucose monitoring;
MC10’s Biostamp for infant temperature, head impacts and neurological disorders plus
NewDealDesign‘s multi-purpose implants,
skin is in. Though the
Apple Watch was flummoxed (for now) by biometrics due to hairy arms and sweat [
TTA 18 Feb], these sensors thrive on the latter. The
US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory has been working on sweat analytic sensors for some time now [
TTA 24 Apr 14].
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