Technological advances have led to an array of medical monitoring tools that people can use without the aid of medical professionals, like smartwatches, glucose monitors, and health tracking apps.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Flexible electronics have emerged as a transformative technology, promising to revolutionize how we interact with devices and integrate them into our daily lives. The ability to ...

The revolution in personalized medicine is well underway – with wearable devices and DIY home testing, it’s easier than ever to track everything from heart rate, to glucose levels, to microbiome ...

Electronic devices that can be attached to the skin or even implanted in the body will become more and more prevalent in near-future technology. Such "implantable bioelectronics" are envisaged as ...

Materials for bioelectronics must often compromise between mechanical and electrical properties. In a talk at the ACS Fall 2022 meeting, Stanford University chemical engineer Zhenan Bao described her ...

These are exciting times at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience. The trend in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) is toward flexible and less invasive devices that can ...

Why patch-based wearable devices for medical monitoring are gaining more research attention. How these devices are fabricated to achieve specific objectives. How some wearable devices implement ...

The relative rigidity of batteries can be a problematic constraint when designing and packaging a product. This is especially the case for IoT-related applications such as wearables and IoT nodes, ...