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02-19-2018, 11:46 AM
Put your vital signs on show with this ultrathin, stick-on skin display
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There's a glut of devices out there designed to tell all sorts of things about your bodies, but few you'd want stuck to your body for very long.
Perhaps with that in mind, engineering researchers at the University of Tokyo and Dai Nippon Printing have developed an ultrathin display (https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/162749.php?from=384653) which sticks to skin.
SEE ALSO: This hologram "dances" on your fingertips (https://mashable.com/2018/01/29/3d-object-optical-trap-display/)
It's made up of a 16x24 array of micro LEDs, stretchable wiring, all mounted onto a rubber sheet. Researchers say the display will last on your skin for a week without causing inflammation.*
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Image: Takao Someya Research Group.
Of course, it isn't the first stretchable display around. What researchers say makes this different is its durability on skin, claiming it can be expanded up to 45 percent more than its original length. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/18/ultrathin-skin-display-japan/)
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There's a glut of devices out there designed to tell all sorts of things about your bodies, but few you'd want stuck to your body for very long.
Perhaps with that in mind, engineering researchers at the University of Tokyo and Dai Nippon Printing have developed an ultrathin display (https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/162749.php?from=384653) which sticks to skin.
SEE ALSO: This hologram "dances" on your fingertips (https://mashable.com/2018/01/29/3d-object-optical-trap-display/)
It's made up of a 16x24 array of micro LEDs, stretchable wiring, all mounted onto a rubber sheet. Researchers say the display will last on your skin for a week without causing inflammation.*
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/pK8fZ9Vd3KYirXUDMafnKgl0qLE=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F717100%2Fbda79d52-4666-493c-90fb-7d54e25172b3.jpg
Image: Takao Someya Research Group.
Of course, it isn't the first stretchable display around. What researchers say makes this different is its durability on skin, claiming it can be expanded up to 45 percent more than its original length. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/18/ultrathin-skin-display-japan/)
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