Amphibious epidermal area networks for uninterrupted wireless data and power transfer.

ABSTRACT: The human body exhibits complex, spatially distributed chemo-electro-mechanical processes that must be properly captured for emerging applications in virtual/augmented reality, precision health, activity monitoring, bionics, and more. A key factor in enabling such applications involves the seamless integration of multipurpose wearable sensors across the human body in different environments, spanning from indoor settings to outdoor landscapes. Here, we report a versatile epidermal body area network ecosystem that enables wireless power and data transmission to and from battery-free wearable sensors with continuous functionality from dry to underwater settings. This is achieved through an artificial near field propagation across the chain of biocompatible, magneto-inductive metamaterials in

SUBMITTER: Hajiaghajani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657464 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature