AZoRobotics (Manchester, England, Dec. 6) -- “Electronic skin” originally developed by U. of I. materials science professor John Rogers enables the continuous monitoring of a patient’s temperature. Also: Nanowerk News (Honolulu, Dec. 9), Printed Electronics World (Cambridge, England, Dec. 12).
Related story: Los Angeles Times (Dec. 6) -- The future is here: Doctors at UC San Diego can now monitor patients’ health with a high-tech sticker. “Tattoo electronics,” as the stickers are called, are flexible microchips that adhere to the skin and pick up signals from a patient’s brain, heart and lungs, with wireless transmitters that relay vast amounts of data. Todd Coleman, a professor in the University of California at San Diego’s department of bioengineering, first developed this futuristic microtechnology in collaboration with John Rogers, Coleman’s former colleague at Illinois. Rogers is a professor of materials science and engineering.