UC-San Diego: Finger Wrap Uses Sweat To Provide Health Monitoring at Your Fingertips - Literally
September 04, 2024
September 04, 2024
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels--such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs--present in the same fingertip sweat from which it derives its energy . . .
A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels--such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs--present in the same fingertip sweat from which it derives its energy . . .