wearables

People are already embracing wearables to do everything from measure their heart rate to playing their favorite tunes. Now, a vest for dogs, outfitted with haptics technology, could help deliver commands over long distances or in places…

Lithium batteries are currently the dominant rechargeable battery on the market due to their relatively high energy density and long cycle life. The problem is that conventional (and bulky) heavy Lithium batteries are hard to incorporate…

The quality of wearable listening technology, from hearing aids to smart headphones, may be hindered by a lack of data collected using multiple microphones. But University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL)…

Graphene inks could lead to washable wearables The future of mobile devices is wearable – but we aren’t talking about watches or clip-on accessories or even bulky battery packs sandwiches within pockets of shirts. Researchers at the…

Highly stretchable supercapacitors that can power wearable electronics are a step closer to becoming reality with a newly developed supercapacitor made from crumpled nanotube forests that can stretch to 800% of their original size and last…

Real-time health and performance monitoring and sensors that can detect both current and emerging environmental threats using a protein catalyzed capture, or PCC, agent technology should make it easier to monitor both personal and…

Sensor-based technologies can go a long way towards helping women age independently. A small University of Colorado study of 10 women (average age 65) characterized perceptions of wearable and smart home technologies for older women,…