What's in our sweat tells a story about our health. For example, a concentration of saline in sweat gives us clues about about cystic fibrosis; acidity levels can indicate certain skin diseases. Even ...

Conventional wearable ultrasound sensors have been limited by low power output and poor structural stability, making them ...

A new image sensor could make transparent user interfaces a reality. The secret lies in a flexible, inexpensive polymer sheet that can capture photos. Lexy was a producer and on-air presenter who ...

In touch: John Madden (left) and Mirza Saquib Sarwar with their sensor. (Courtesy: UBC) A flexible touch sensor that can distinguish between being touched and being stretched has been developed by ...

Wearable, flexible strain sensors unobtrusively monitor tiny vibrations of human skin in real time and with great accuracy, thanks to innovative fabrication techniques using composite materials. High ...

As people strive ever harder to minutely quantify every action they do, the sensors that monitor those actions are growing lighter and less invasive. Two prototype sensors from crosstown rivals ...

First author Yasser Khan holds the sensor, which is made of an alternating array of printed LEDs and photodetectors that can detect blood-oxygen levels anywhere in the body. (Courtesy: Yasser Khan, ...

Bendable cameras and sensors that can flex around corners could be on the horizon, with the first flexible image sensor built on plastic being developed by Plastic Logic and ISORG. The 40 x 40 mm ...

Scientists have developed an advanced new brain sensor that promises to take the safety and efficiency of cancer and epilepsy treatment into new terrain. The groundbreaking device is able to record ...

Using gold nanoparticles on top of a PVC substrate, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have built a new type of cheap, flexible sensor that simultaneously detects pressure, ...