Chemistry
Spraying a stretchy and conductive polymer onto any store-bought garment turns it into a sensor for monitoring body movement during physical therapy
Spray-on sensors could be added to any item of clothing
Tae Hoo Chang/Purdue University
It is now possible to spray motion-sensing technology onto store-bought garments, meaning any item of clothing could become a wearable sensor.
“The main goal of our work is to incorporate sensing materials into fabrics, any kind of fabrics – you know, commercial garments like a sock or a glove, or anything else that is available out there,” says Chi Hwan Lee at Purdue University in Indiana. He and his colleagues developed a way to do so by spraying a conductive compound…
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