25/10/2015 Haptic

WEARABLE

Body-borne computers or wearables are miniature electronic devices that are worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing.

Smart skin for flexible monitoring

A thin smart patch called Marine Skin could make studying the behavior of marine animals easier and more informative. This ...
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What’s going on in our brains while walking?

Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin come one step ...
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Sniffing Entrapped Humans with Sensor Arrays

The first step after buildings collapse from an earthquake, bombing or other disaster is to rescue people who could be ...
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Smartphone app performs better than traditional exam in cardiac procedure assessment

A smartphone application using the phone's camera function performed better than traditional physical examination to assess blood flow in a ...
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Printed tattoo electrodes for long-term diagnostics

Electrodes for longterm monitoring of electrical impulses of heart or muscles in the form of temporary tattoos produced using an ...
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Bringing Sensors to Stroke Rehabilitation

A groundbreaking new wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game changer in the field of ...
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Researchers develop visual information system for the hearing-impaired

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a visual communication system for hearing-impaired employees in logistics. Data ...
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NEW immersive multisensory effects allows to be physically “touched” by a movie

A team of researchers at UC San Diego and San Diego State University has developed a pair of “4-D goggles” ...
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e-skin

Functional e-skin

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable “electronic skin” that has applications ranging ...
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Self-powered electronics from your body

Your gadget’s next power supply? Your body Searching for a power outlet may soon become a thing of the past ...
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supercapacitors

A new customizable, fabric-like power source for wearable electronics

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a customizable, fabric-like power source that can be cut, folded ...
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Osmotex

Electro-osmotic textiles for athletes

To keep the body warm and dry during winter sports, high-performance clothing is a must. The demands on these textiles ...
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Self-cleaning wearable/washable electronics that are resistant to stains

New graphene printing technology can produce electronic circuits that are low-cost, flexible, highly conductive and water repellent. The nanotechnology “would ...
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New wearables as a payment method

ABN AMRO is taking the next step in testing new wearables as a payment method with 500 of its clients ...
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A new technique for printing flexible, stretchable circuits

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for directly printing metal circuits, creating flexible, stretchable electronics ...
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