Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects

• Published in: Lab on a chip Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 217 - 248
• Main Authors: Heikenfeld, J, Jajack, A, Rogers, J, Gutruf, P, Tian, L, Pan, T, Li, R, Khine, M, Kim, J, Wang, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 16.01.2018
• Subjects: Adaptation; Chemical sensors; Commercialization; Detection; Equipment Design; Humans; Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; Measurement methods; Optics; Sensors; Skin; Skin Physiological Phenomena; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wearable technology; Wireless Technology - instrumentation
• ISSN: 1473-0197; 1473-0189; 1473-0189
• DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00914c

Wearable sensors have recently seen a large increase in both research and commercialization. However, success in wearable sensors has been a mix of both progress and setbacks. Most of commercial progress has been in smart adaptation of existing mechanical, electrical and optical methods of measuring...