Caltech researchers are touting an “electronic skin” (e-skin) applied to real skin that can monitor health indicators with fuel from the body’s own waste products instead of batteries.
The e-skin, made from soft, flexible rubber, can be embedded with sensors for monitoring heart rate, body temperature, blood sugar levels and metabolic byproducts that are health indicators. Researchers published a paper describing the e-skin titled “Biofuel-powered soft electronic skin for multiplexed and wireless sensing” in the journal Science Robotics.
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