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New approaches to wearable devices could add peripheral nervous system stimulators to solving a new range of illnesses.   “Early experiments in both academia and industry labs point at the potential for wearable devices that don’t just collect data about our bodies – they also stimulate them through our various senses to improve our body and mind. Vibrational, temperature-based, olfactory and electrical stimulation all offer significant, largely unexplored opportunities for solving both physical and mental health issues.”  MORE

Image Credit: MIT Media Lab, Asma Ghandeharioun, PhD Student