sweat sensor

A person checking their fitness tracker
By  Adam Ang 09:28 pm July 18, 2023
A research team from the Tokyo University of Science has designed a novel sweat sensor for continuous monitoring of lactate, which is helpful for predicting muscle fatigue.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT In a study, researchers address a common issue in existing microfluidic technologies: when used to monitor sweat biomarkers, microfluidic channels tend to trap air bubbles, thus getting the measurement...
A product shot of the Gx Sweat Patch and Gx App
By  Dave Muoio 03:09 pm March 1, 2021
Sports drink vendor Gatorade is the latest to take a run at the connected fitness consumer. The PepsiCo brand launched today a sweat-tracking wearable patch and accompanying fitness monitoring app platform designed to help athletes track their workouts, hydration, salt concentration and other fitness-relevant metrics. It's a concept that the brand first teased nearly five years ago before...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:45 pm March 9, 2017
As exciting as the near future of diabetes management is, with numerous efforts underway to perfect closed-loop CGM and pump systems for automated insulin delivery, the systems of the future could be even easier. A paper out yesterday in Science Advances details the prototype for a 4 millimeter wearable patch that could not only noninvasively detect glucose levels from sweat, but also deliver the...
By  Jonah Comstock 09:30 am January 27, 2016
Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley have built a prototype that could lead to a slew of new features for wearable activity trackers. The group, led by principal investigator Ali Javey, a professor at UC-Berkeley, have created a wearable sensor that can continuously collect and monitor users’ sweat on the molecular level, then sends the information via...