Electronic forehead tattoo tracks stress on the job

"We've long monitored workers' physical health, tracking injuries and muscle strain. Now we have the ability to monitor mental strain..."

UT Austin • futurity
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

Smart fabric uses sound to measure touch, pressure, and more

New smart textiles are light, breathable, and inexpensive, and offer great potential for medicine, sports, and everyday life.

ETH Zurich • futurity
May 29, 2025 ~6 min


Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers

AI can process data from wearable devices to better monitor your health and detect problems sooner. The trick is teaching AI algorithms how to cut through the noise.

Eloy Geenjaar, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
April 10, 2025 ~9 min

The human body, its movement, and music

Connected by MIT’s Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development.

Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
April 7, 2025 ~7 min

Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and “understand” the wearer

MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 26, 2025 ~11 min

Sofas that self-assemble when you heat them up? How 4D printing could transform manufacturing

This unsung research area involves 3D-printing smart materials that can change shape when they come into contact with stimuli like heat or light.

Mahdi Bodaghi, Associate Professor of Smart Materials & Manufacturing, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~8 min

Tech transmits power through the body for wearable devices

"Power-over-Skin opens the door to making [wearable devices] invisible, allowing them to do their jobs without you noticing..."

Aaron Aupperlee-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Jan. 30, 2025 ~5 min

Skin phantoms help researchers improve wearable devices without people wearing them

Just 2 layers of materials commonly used in biomedical labs can mimic the electrical properties of human skin.

Krittika Goyal, Assistant Professor of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Jan. 29, 2025 ~7 min


Your smartwatch band may have elevated ‘forever chemical’ levels

Researchers found elevated levels of forever chemicals in a sample of smartwatch bands purchased in the US.

Jessica Sieff-Notre Dame • futurity
Jan. 6, 2025 ~6 min

How humans continuously adapt while walking stably

Research could help improve motor rehabilitation programs and assistive robot control.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
Dec. 18, 2024 ~3 min

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