Skin-like sensors bring a human touch to wearable tech

Human skin can stretch about 50 per cent, but our AISkin can stretch up to 400 per cent of its length without breaking. (Video: Daria Perevezentsev)
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- Skin-Like Sensors Bring Human Touch to Wearableson February 21, 2021 at 4:00 pm
(Image source: Daria Perevezentsev) Scientists at the University of Toronto have gone one step further with this endeavor and developed a flexible, transparent, and self-powering sensor system that ...
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Quantifying the Varying Predictive Value of Physical Activity Measures Obtained from Wearable Accelerometers on All-Cause Mortality over Short to Medium Time Horizons in NHANES 2003-2006.
- Skin-Like Sensors Bring Human Touch to Wearableson February 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm
(Image source: Daria Perevezentsev) Scientists at the University of Toronto have gone one step further with this endeavor and developed a flexible, transparent, and self-powering sensor system that ...
- New piezoelectric material remains effective to high temperatureson February 9, 2021 at 9:46 am
“They also wanted self-powering sensors that monitor systems such as engine ... This effect can also serve as a sensor to measure changes such as in pressure, temperature, strain or acceleration.
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