Skinlike Electronic Patch Takes Pulse, Promises New Human-Machine Integration
This article talks about an invention that a team at Stanford is researching about. It is a flexible silicon film that will act as a temporary tattoo. The team is hoping that this tattoo will be able to collect and transmit information about your heart rate, temperature, muscle contractions and brain waves. The team has already demonstrated how the patch can be used to measure vitals. In the future, it may even be able to help stimulate muscles, speed wound healing, improve prosthetics and maybe even communicate with video games!
This article talks about an invention that a team at Stanford is researching about. It is a flexible silicon film that will act as a temporary tattoo. The team is hoping that this tattoo will be able to collect and transmit information about your heart rate, temperature, muscle contractions and brain waves. The team has already demonstrated how the patch can be used to measure vitals. In the future, it may even be able to help stimulate muscles, speed wound healing, improve prosthetics and maybe even communicate with video games!
Many people believe that medical innovations like this are unnecessary and dangerous. But the benefits are amazing. In retrospect, monitoring equipment has always been bulky and burdensome. This new device will be "almost mechanically invisible to the wearer". I found this article interesting because it is talking about an invention that may be attainable in our near future. It also has many interesting advantages that will affect and hopefully better many peoples' lives.
