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This illustration a chip-free patch on a person’s skin.

Spotlight: Aug 20, 2022

Engineers have fabricated a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin” — a flexible, semiconducting film that conforms to human skin. The new device can sense and transmit signals related to pulse, sweat, and UV exposure, without bulky chips or batteries.

Aug 20, 2022

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