New 'electronic skin' expands health monitoring

A newly developed soft, stick-on patch is capable of collecting, analyzing and wirelessly transmitting a variety of health metrics from the body to a smartphone. It is another example of developments in digital health.
Researchers from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have created a new, electronic skin that is capable of tracking ‘vital signs’ like heart rate, respiration, muscle movement along with other key health data.

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