SensNews November 2018

Sensor100 November 2018 22 Biosensors: Monitoring Our Health Anytime, Any- where This timely article by Timothé Cynober from Labiotech provides a reasoned assess- ment of the future of biosensor technology in Home Monitoring, Real-time Monitoring, Unconventional Biosensors and the Future of Biosensors. Read more... ElectronicTattoos Add Power toWearable Computing Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and the Institute of Systems and Robotics at the University of Coimbra, Portu- gal, have developed a simple, efficient method to make robust, highly flexible, tattoo-like circuits for use in wearable computing. The low-cost process adds a trace of an electrically conductive, liquid metal alloy to tattoo paper that adheres to human skin.These ultrathin tattoos can be applied easily with water, the same way one would apply a child’s decorative tattoo with a damp sponge. Press Release Carnegie Mellon University 14 November