Electronic Tattoos for Biomonitoring
October 4, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
Materials Science professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has developed a flexible, stretchable thin silicon patch in which he embedded vital signs sensors, and a wireless coil for electrical power from a nearby transmitter. It looks like a temporary tattoo. This technology has not yet crossed the finished line-still working on wireless data transmission-but its surely in the race for more useful monitoring of conditions like heart arrhythmia and sleep disorders. MORE