Archive: October 2020
Stretchable electronic skin reacts to pain
Electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin will open the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts....
Five fingers, one sensor
A team led by Professor Sungho Jo from the School of Computing at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborated with Professor Seunghwan Ko from...
Next-generation smart gloves for gamers
While the concept of controlling a game using the hands via gloves is not new, the main problems have always been weight and flexibility.
Amazon stresses privacy of new health monitor
Amazon’s new Halo Band builds on older fitness-tracking devices with features that have never been seen before in a mainstream wearable device.
Wearables for wounds and paper interfaces
Among recent developments to come out of the Purdue Research Foundation’s Office of Technology Commercialization is a wearable solution allowing patients to receive treatment for chronic wounds without...
Replicating the sophistication of a human limb
A human limb is a carefully layered structure, with stiff bone wrapped in layers of different soft tissue, such as muscle and skin, all perfectly bound together....