articleNature ElectronicsMay 19, 2025HYBRID OA

A smart acoustic textile for health monitoring

YWYingqiang WangCSChaochao SunDADaniel Ahmed

Robotic Technology (United States)

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Abstract

Wearable electronics, such as smart textiles, are of potential use in healthcare monitoring, human-machine interfaces and environmental analysis. However, the scalability and reliability of the technology is restricted due to challenges related to rapid material degradation, potential toxicity, high production costs and heavy computational workload. Here we report an acoustic-based smart textile technology. The approach, which we term SonoTextiles, uses piezoelectric transducers that are mounted at both ends of glass microfibres and act as transmitters and receivers of acoustic waves. The flexible glass microfibres act as acoustic waveguides and are embedded into the textile substrate, providing precise…

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  • Wearable computer
  • Acoustics
  • Textile
  • Computer science
  • Scalability
  • Substrate (aquarium)
  • Wearable technology
  • Electronics
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