Utah People's Post

The Latest News from the Beehive State

Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Log in
  • National News
    • Female Caseworker Killed & Doctor Shot in Philadelphia
  • State News
    • Car Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
  • Tech & Science
  • Health
    • How to Prepare For Ticks Season
    • Magical Weight Loss Bean Scam
  • Sports
  • Business
You are here: Home / Health / Wearable Sweat-monitoring Device Keeps Tabs on Your Health

Wearable Sweat-monitoring Device Keeps Tabs on Your Health

January 28, 2016 Posted by Jack Ford

sweat

We might soon have a new type of wearable technology that can look at your sweat at tell you how healthy you are. According to the accompanying study, human sweat is overloaded with information about one’s state of health.

Other bodily fluids have been the doctors’ focus for decades, such as blood, urine, or saliva. But it turns out that our sweat is equally – if not more – packed with information about our bodies, and we can tap into that fountain of data with the invention of this wearable sweat-monitoring device.

According to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, this device would be constantly measuring the chemical composition of your sweat down to a molecular level, and then translating its findings into valuable health information.

Researchers develop a sensor that keeps a vigilant eye on the skin temperature and levels of glucose, sodium, potassium and lactate in your sweat. Thanks to these biomarkers, the device can tell if you’re fatigued, dehydrated, stressed or may be presenting some physical ailments.

Lead author Ali Javey, a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkley, wrote a study about the abilities of the device in Nature on Wednesday.

He explains that sweat is unbelievably filled with chemicals – each of whom is associated with different pieces of information about your health. The device was tested on 14 participants, both men and women.

They were fitted with plastic electronic sensors that monitored their biomarkers; the sensors connect to a flexible circuit board. What is now an entire mechanism could soon be turned into a fashionable athletic wristband or headband.

Although the sensors only work when the user perspires, they don’t need much of this bodily fluid to do their job. In the experiments, the researchers found the mechanism produced valuable data – in real time – with even the smallest amount of sweat.

Javey explained the sensors were incredibly accurate even when they drew information from a fifth of a droplet of sweat. Therefore, the user doesn’t have to be working out in order to get the monitor going, especially when further improvements will be brought to the device.

Other wearable sweat monitors have entered the market in recent years, but this is the first to also measure a series of biomarkers. By furthering their research, the team hopes to gain even more insight into the information provided by sweat.

For more details about how the monitor works, watch the video below:

Image Source: Ask.com

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email

Filed Under: Health

mm

About Jack Ford

An experienced journalist, who celebrated 20 years since graduating from the University of Montana not so long ago, Jack enjoys tackling crucial world problems. Throughout his career, Jack has gone from writing sports columns to covering world-changing events. “In all these years” -says Jack- “that I fell in love with the media and the freedom it promises”. Jack has a keen interest in the US political scene as well as the tense circumstances of the Middle East.

Woman working out at the gym

Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

United Airlines airplane

Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston

June 28, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Breakfast sandwich

Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poppy flower

UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

U.S.-Canada border

French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border

June 26, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Plus size model

Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

June 25, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Giant manta ray

Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

June 23, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

The rainbow flag

WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

June 22, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Kenyan girls dancing

Kenyans Facing Poor Nutrition as Supermarket Shopping Is on the Rise

June 20, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Recent Posts

  • Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)
  • Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston
  • Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat
  • UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply
  • French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

Related Articles

  • Woman working out at the gym

    Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

    Jun 29, 2018
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

    Jun 29, 2018
  • Breakfast sandwich

    Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

    Jun 27, 2018
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

    Jun 25, 2018
  • The rainbow flag

    WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

    Jun 22, 2018
  • 456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

    Jun 21, 2018
  • Young woman affected by depression

    If You Have PTSD You Were Likely Abused as a Child

    Jun 19, 2018
  • Obese dog on a leash

    Obese Dogs Can Help Us Better Understand How Obesity Works

    Jun 18, 2018
  • Our Brains Are Craving Combinations of Fats and Carbs (Study)

    Jun 15, 2018
  • Hungry bird with beck open

    Scientists Explain Why We Get ‘Hangry’

    Jun 13, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Tech & Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • West Jordan
  • West Valley City
  • World

Copyright © 2022 utahpeoplespost.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Site Map · Contact