IIT Madras researchers have fabricated a sensor that can measure minute variations in relative humidity levels in the exhaled breath. It can detect ethanol and acetone in the oral breath of alcoholics and diabetics, respectively. The highly sensitive sensors can be integrated into wearable electronics. A nanofibre sensor capable of sensing minute variations in relative humidity … Continue reading IIT Madras develops breath humidity sensor for wearable electronics
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Science news on The Hindu website has high readership
Between January 2017 and January 2019, the Science section (excluding health, environment and technology) on The Hindu website got on average 5 lakh readers per month. And even on certain days when important news were breaking out, science articles were highly read and ranked among the top ten most read articles. On Sunday May 19, … Continue reading Science news on The Hindu website has high readership
IIT Bombay fabricates wearable supercapacitor
IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated wearable supercapcitor which when stitched on any fabric can deliver power ranging from microwatt to milliwatt. The energy stored in the device can power GPS location-based transmitters or a 1.8 volt LED. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have fabricated a wearable supercapacitor that can store and … Continue reading IIT Bombay fabricates wearable supercapacitor
IIT Bombay fabricates wearable sensor for motion monitoring
IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, flexible sensor that can be used as a word-recognition device, for measuring blood pulse rate and monitoring respiration in real time. The sensor also showed good sensitivity in detecting large-scale motion monitoring, as in the case of bending and extension of fingers joints. A team led by researchers from … Continue reading IIT Bombay fabricates wearable sensor for motion monitoring
NIIST researchers fabricate a wearable WiMAX antenna
The wearable WiMAX antenna is flexible, light weight and operates at around 3.37 GHertz. Since copper ink used for screen printing can get oxidised, the researchers used silver ink for printing the bottom electrode on the polyester fabric as well as the E-shaped patch antenna. Wearable antenna embedded in a multilayered polyester fabric suitable for WiMAX … Continue reading NIIST researchers fabricate a wearable WiMAX antenna
Pune researchers fabricate a flexible nanogenerator for wearable electronics
Producing wearable electronics that uses a portable nanogenerator which generates electric power when pressure or twist is applied got a shot in the arm, thanks to research carried out by Pune researchers. The nanogenerator, which was fabricated by them, produced 14 volts when thumb pressure was applied. The results were published recently in the journal … Continue reading Pune researchers fabricate a flexible nanogenerator for wearable electronics
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