The components are stored in the backpack, which can also be used to carry the user’s belongings. Credit: Aline Darc Piculo dos Santos Maria Fernanda Ziegle Researchers from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil have developed a wearable device to …
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A wearable smart insole can track how you walk, run and stand
Overview of the self-powered smart insole. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu1598 A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson’s disease. Constructed using 22 small pressure sensors and fueled …
Researchers explore the future of wearable multi-sensory haptic technology
Wearable haptic device locations. Credit: Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44222-025-00274-w From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues like vibration-based notifications, modern advancements have paved the way for multisensory haptic …
Innovative biorobotic arm uses artificial muscles to combat tremors, paving way for wearable solutions
Design and control of the mechanical patient and tremor suppression mechanism. Credit: MPI-IS It is estimated that about 80 million people worldwide live with a tremor. For example, those who live with Parkinson’s disease. The involuntary periodic movements sometimes strongly affect how patients are able to perform daily activities, such …
Skin phantoms help researchers improve wearable devices without people wearing them
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wearable devices have become a big part of modern health care, helping track a patient’s heart rate, stress levels and brain activity. These devices rely on electrodes, sensors that touch the skin to pick up electrical signals from the body. Creating these electrodes isn’t as easy …
Wearable energy harvester achieves 280 times efficiency boost
Optical images of the compressive buckling process. Credit: ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c09933 A team led by Prof. Jang Kyung-In from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (DGIST) has developed a three-dimensional stretchable piezoelectric energy harvester that can harvest electrical energy using body movements. The device is to be …
Stretchable transistors used in wearable devices enable in-sensor edge computing
Credit: Liu et al. Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are neuromorphic transistors made of carbon-based materials that combine both electronic and ionic charge carriers. These transistors could be particularly effective solutions for amplifying and switching electronic signals in devices designed to be placed on the human skin, such as smart watches, …
Thomas Massie SHOCKED When his Wearable US Debt Clock Number DROPPED
Patrick Bet David reacts to Thomas Massie revelation when he found out why his wearable US debt clock number went down. source
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Graphene-based wearable strain sensor can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words
An overview of the wearable SSI, featuring an ultrasensitive strain sensor and a neural network for efficient speech recognition. Credit: University of Cambridge A wearable ‘smart’ choker for speech recognition has the potential to redefine the field of silent speech interface (SSI), say researchers—thanks to embedded ultrasensitive textile strain sensor …
Scalable woven actuators offer new possibilities for robotics and wearable devices
Schematic illustration of the weaving soft robotics for health care wearables. Credit: Li et al. Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have developed increasingly flexible, versatile and highly performing devices for a wide range of real-world applications. Some of their efforts have been aimed at creating smart and sensing …
Novel 3D stretchable electronic strip could spark new possibilities for wearable e-textiles
The strip’s 3D structure transforms it from flexible to stretchable. Credit: Nottingham Trent University Researchers have developed a novel 3D stretchable electronic strip which is expected to open up a range of new possibilities in wearable electronic textiles. A team at Nottingham Trent University’s Medical Technologies Innovation Facility has led …
Versatile fibers offer improved energy storage capacity for wearable devices
Carbon nanotube fibers fabricated into fiber-like supercapacitors (FSSCs) demonstrate their energy storage capabilities and wearable properties in a commercially available digital watch. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology The latest wearable devices, such as Samsung’s Galaxy Ring and Apple’s Vision Pro, are taking health care a step further and …
Real-time multimodal tactile detection system applicable to robots and wearable devices
Schematics of the tactile systems. (A) Schematics of the human and artificial tactile systems. (B) Examples of the functions of tactile systems. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) A tactile perception system capable of providing human-like multimodal tactile information to objects like robots and wearable devices that require …
Wearable device makes memories and powers up with the flex of a finger
The team’s innovation features a single nanomaterial incorporated into a stretchable casing fitted to a person’s finger. Credit: Seamus Daniel, RMIT University Researchers have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user’s bending finger and can create and store memories, in a promising step towards health monitoring …
A reliable and wearable system to recognize finger movements in real-time
Photograph of organic light-responsive sensors attached to the top (x-axis) and side (y-axis) of the index finger on a graph paper of 25 cm2. Credit: Cho et al, Nature Electronics (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-023-01012-z Devices that can detect, track and decode movements in their surroundings can have countless valuable applications in …
A lightweight wearable device helps users navigate with a tap on the wrist
Credit: Device/Preston et al. Scientists at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a fabric-based wearable device that “taps” a user’s wrist with pressurized air, silently helping them navigate to their destination. The study, published August 29 in the journal Device, demonstrated that users correctly interpreted which direction the device …
Japanese turn to wearable tech to beat the heat
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Selling jackets with built-in fans, neck coolers and T-shirts that feel cold, Japanese firms are tapping into a growing market for products to help people handle the summer heat. Japan—like other countries—is seeing ever-hotter summers. This July was the warmest in 100 years, with at least …
A technique to spin soft functional fibers for smart textiles and wearable devices
Bioinspired PSEA spinning approach for producing functional soft fibres. a,b, Natural spider silk used to build an orb web (a) and a close-up view of the spider’s spinning gland used to transform the concentrated protein dope from a liquid solution into a solid fibre via liquid–solid phase separation (b). c,d, …
A touch-responsive fabric armband for flexible keyboards, wearable sketchpads
Credit: ACS Nano (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12612 It’s time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology—a fabric armband that’s actually a touch pad. In ACS Nano, researchers say they have devised a way to make playing video games, sketching cartoons and signing documents easier. Their proof-of-concept …
A touch-responsive fabric armband — for flexible keyboards, wearable sketchpads — ScienceDaily
It’s time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology — a fabric armband that’s actually a touch pad. In ACS Nano, researchers say they have devised a way to make playing video games, sketching cartoons and signing documents easier. Their proof-of-concept silk armband turns a …
