Adhesive Film Turns Smartwatch into Biochemical Health Monitoring System

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Published October 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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UCLA engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful health monitoring system. The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body. A study detailing the technology was published in the journal Science Advances.