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28 January 2016
Wearable health and fitness trackers have taken the world by storm in recent years. But wristbands that monitor your heart rate and how many calories you have burned could soon be old news; researchers have now developed a device that measures sweat chemicals, which could alert users to dehydration, fatigue and more.
Ali Javey, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California-Berkeley, and colleagues publish the details of their creation in the journal Nature.
According to the team, their non-invasive device - which can be incorporated into wristbands and headbands - is the first fully integrated electronic system that can continuously and simultaneously monitor multiple sweat chemicals.
"Human sweat contains physiologically rich information, thus making it an attractive body fluid for non-invasive wearable sensors," says Prof. Javey. "However, sweat is complex and it is necessary to measure multiple targets to extract meaningful information about your state of health."
"In this regard," he adds, "we have developed a fully integrated system that simultaneously and selectively measures multiple sweat analytes, and wirelessly transmits the processed data to a smartphone. Our work presents a technology platform for sweat-based health monitors." More
Wearable health and fitness trackers have taken the world by storm in recent years. But wristbands that monitor your heart rate and how many calories you have burned could soon be old news; researchers have now developed a device that measures sweat chemicals, which could alert users to dehydration, fatigue and more.
Ali Javey, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California-Berkeley, and colleagues publish the details of their creation in the journal Nature.
According to the team, their non-invasive device - which can be incorporated into wristbands and headbands - is the first fully integrated electronic system that can continuously and simultaneously monitor multiple sweat chemicals.
"Human sweat contains physiologically rich information, thus making it an attractive body fluid for non-invasive wearable sensors," says Prof. Javey. "However, sweat is complex and it is necessary to measure multiple targets to extract meaningful information about your state of health."
"In this regard," he adds, "we have developed a fully integrated system that simultaneously and selectively measures multiple sweat analytes, and wirelessly transmits the processed data to a smartphone. Our work presents a technology platform for sweat-based health monitors." More
