{"id":95809,"date":"2019-09-04T17:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T00:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/a-biocompatible-magnetic-skin-that-could-enable-new-wearable-systems"},"modified":"2019-09-04T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T00:23:32","slug":"a-biocompatible-magnetic-skin-that-could-enable-new-wearable-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/a-biocompatible-magnetic-skin-that-could-enable-new-wearable-systems","title":{"rendered":"A biocompatible magnetic skin that could enable new wearable systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-biocompatible-magnetic-skin-that-could-enable-new-wearable-systems2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have recently developed a flexible and imperceptible magnetic skin that adds permanent magnetic properties to all surfaces to which it is applied. This artificial skin, presented in a paper published in Wiley\u2019s <i>Advanced Materials Technologies<\/i> journal, could have numerous interesting applications. For instance, it could enable the development of more effective tools to aid people with disabilities, help biomedical professionals to monitor their patients\u2019 vital signs, and pave the way for new consumer tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtificial skins are all about extending our senses or abilities,\u201d Adbullah Almansouri, one of the researchers who carried out the study, told TechXplore. \u201cA great challenge in their development, however, is that they should be imperceptible and comfortable to wear. This is very difficult to achieve reliably and durably, if we need stretchable electronics, batteries, substrates, antennas, sensors, wires, etc. We decided to remove all these delicate components from the skin itself and place them in a comfortable nearby location (i.e., inside of eye glasses or hidden in a fabric).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/artificial+skin\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">artificial skin<\/a>, developed under the supervision of Prof. J\u00fcrgen Kosel, is magnetic, thin and highly flexible. When it is worn by a human user, it can be easily tracked by a nearby magnetic sensor. For instance, if a user wears it on his eyelid, it allows for his <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/eye+movements\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">eye movements<\/a> to be tracked; if worn on fingers, it can help to monitor a person\u2019s physiological responses or even to control switches without touching them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have recently developed a flexible and imperceptible magnetic skin that adds permanent magnetic properties to all surfaces to which it is applied. This artificial skin, presented in a paper published in Wiley\u2019s Advanced Materials Technologies journal, could have numerous interesting applications. For instance, it could enable [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1499,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-cyborgs","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}