Sensors

The first textile with microsensors woven directly into the fabric. These virtually invisible sensors are seamlessly integrated into the socks to monitor temperature changes on the bottom of the feet.

Although smaller than a grain of rice, a phosphorescent hydrogel implant that monitors tissue oxygen could end amputations in people with blocked blood vessels or help athletes design better training programmes. The first of these tiny but durable devices has survived more than four years - implanted in the foot of the researchers who created it.

IDTechEx interviewed Aleksandr Shtukater, founder of Raayonnova, about their progress developing smart contact lenses integrating displays.

Who does not remember the futuristic cockpits in the "Thunderbirds Are Go" movie, featuring purportedly 21st-century Human-Machine Interface (HMI) technologies with electromechanical buttons and switches? In this article Agfa-Gevaert N.V. explore new and possibly game-changing real life touch sensor technologies.