3D-printed sensors monitor your health through your sweat

Written by Olivia Seifert, Editor

Scientists at Simon Fraser University (BC, Canada) and Zhejiang University (China) have produced 3D-printed sweat sensors after their research indicated that analyzing human sweat can provide insights into our overall health.  Following a sweeping review of sweat sensors in Bio-Design and Manufacturing by Woo Soo Kim and his research team, your sweat may mean more than meets the eye. Specifically, the report suggests that sweat can be utilized to assess overall health by analyzing the chemicals that it contains. Further, the research outlines that innovation in technology design during the past decade has seen the development of various wearable sensors, including...

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