Wearable Sensor Monitors Perspiration

As the popularity of wearable fitness trackers continues to grow, researchers are developing a sensor that can glean health information from perspiration. Writing in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a “flexible sensor” which can measure metabolites and electrolytes in sweat. It also measures skin temperature and can send all the data wirelessly to a smartphone. "Human sweat contains physiologically rich information, thus...

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