Sweat Health Control Pad

2024: Product Announcement

On September 3, 2024, American researchers from the University of California at San Diego announced the development of a smart floorbox designed to collect data on the vital activity of the body. The product is able to control human health by sweat.

Readings are taken from the fingertips. The developers note that these areas, despite their small size, are among the most prolific sweat producers in the body. The fingertips contain more than a thousand sweat glands that are capable of producing 100 to 1000 times more sweat than most other areas of the body, even while resting.

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The device consists of several electronic components printed on a thin, flexible and stretchable polymer material. This design allows the article to repeat the anatomy of the finger, while providing sufficient strength to withstand repeated bending and stretching.

Biofuel elements are used to power the novelty, specially designed to effectively collect and convert chemicals in sweat into electricity. These components are located where the device contacts the fingertip. The resulting energy is stored in two stretching batteries based on silver chloride and zinc. Electricity provides the operation of four integrated sensors designed to track glucose, vitamin C, lactate and levodopa, as well as a drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

A small chip processes information from sensors and transmits indicators to the application on a smartphone or on a personal computer via Bluetooth with low power consumption. The data can then be analyzed to assess the state of the user's body and make recommendations for improving health.^[1]

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