stretchable electronics

By  Jonah Comstock 11:07 am September 30, 2015
A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has developed a new manufacturing process for flexible electronics that could represent a major step forward for ultra-thin tattoo-like health sensors. Flexible, stretchable electronics are a burgeoning field of interest that many see as the next generation of health monitoring after wearables. Disposable devices that adhere to your skin...
By  Jonah Comstock 05:00 am July 28, 2014
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based flexible electronics company MC10 has embarked on its first public partnership with a pharmaceutical company, Belgium-based UCB. Although many of the details remain undisclosed, the companies have announced that UCB will use MC10's BioStamp technology to pursue new therapies for neurological disorders. "They’re going to combine our devices with their work to...
By  Jonah Comstock 08:25 am April 9, 2014
Researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University are continuing to iterate in the field of stretchable, flexible sensors and antennae. A new paper, recently published in Science, presented a new approach to the category that would allow off-the-shelf chip-based electronics to be incorporated into a peel-and-stick patch. “We designed this device to monitor...