Researchers use the ancient art of Kirigami folding to create flexible electronic devices from paper and diversify the applications of next-generation sensors, robots, and diagnostic devices.
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How do you power billions of sensors? By converting waste heat into electricity
Researchers at Osaka University are helping to power portable sensors that do not use batteries by generating electricity from heat that is otherwise wasted.
Printable sensors to enable data transmission by light
Color-selective organic light sensors are produced by inkjet printing with semiconducting inks.
Looking forward to developments in smart contact lenses
The next generation of contact lenses addresses current problems such as dry, itchy eyes.
Power Dressing: Sensors Powered by Body Heat
Sensors that are worn on the skin could soon be powered by our own body heat.
A Kirigami-Based Sensor: When Art and Technology Stand Shoulder to Shoulder
Researchers have created a wearable device which offers unprecedented opportunities for joint rehabilitation.
Magnetic Particles Enable Reversible Bending, Twisting, Grabbing Materials
Programmable smart materials, which can be reversibly controlled through magnetically-induced heating and actuation.
An Unsinkable, Spider-Inspired Metal
Inspired by diving bell spiders, researchers created highly water-repellent metallic structures that could potentially be used to build unsinkable ships in the future.
Smart clothes go green: The next revolution in textile electronics
Researchers create green biocomposites for flexible, wearable electronic devices.
The Promise of Cyborganic Beings
In this essay, scientists from Spain and Denmark delve into the spectrum of possibilities offered by wearable and implantable healthcare devices and provide new insight into the cyborganic era.
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