Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects

Heikenfeld, Jason; Jajack, Andrew J.; Rogers, John A.; Gutruf, Philipp; Tian, Limei; Pan, Tingrui; Li, Ruyi; Khine, Michelle; Kim, Jihye; Wang, Joseph; Kim, Jiwan

doi:10.1039/c7lc00914c

reviewLab on a ChipNov 28, 2017HYBRID OA

Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects

JHJason Heikenfeld AJAndrew J. Jajack JAJohn A. Rogers PGPhilipp Gutruf LTLimei Tian

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Abstract

Wearable sensors have recently seen a large increase in both research and commercialization. However, success in wearable sensors has been a mix of both progress and setbacks. Most of commercial progress has been in smart adaptation of existing mechanical, electrical and optical methods of measuring the body. This adaptation has involved innovations in how to miniaturize sensing technologies, how to make them conformal and flexible, and in the development of companion software that increases the value of the measured data. However, chemical sensing modalities have experienced greater challenges in commercial adoption, especially for non-invasive chemical sensors. There have also been significant challenges in…

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Modalities
Wearable computer
Modality (human–computer interaction)
Wearable technology
Engineering
Computer science
Human–computer interaction
Nanotechnology

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