New 'electronic skin' patches monitor health wirelessly
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
Like the colorful temporary tattoos that children stick to their arms for fun, people may one day put thin "electronic skin" patches onto their arms to wirelessly diagnose health problems or deliver treatments. A scientist reported on the development of "electronic skin" that paves the way for such innovations today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).