This gel-based adhesive for sticking sensors on the body can measure strain and electrical activity.
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Sensors can go almost anywhere and do almost anything – and soon, sensors may be making their way to your internal organs.
Researchers have developed an electronic sensor, of which they will attach to a newly designed sticky sheet in order to attach to the body’s organs.
This from Popular Science:
A team of researchers based at several Japanese universities made prototype sticky sensors that they’ve now tested on the still-beating hearts of living rats. The sensors measured strain and electrical activity, both of which are created when a heart beats. In a test, the sensors maintained good contact with the rats’ heart for three hours.
While it is still unclear to what extent surgeons need to stick sensors on organs while they’re operating, the researchers believe that this development could lead to other types of on-the-body sensor that will be able to stick under harsh conditions.
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