Two new kinds of on-skin electronics allow users to build and customize them directly on the body with potential applications in biometric sensing, medical monitoring, interactive prosthetic makeup and more. SkinLink, developed by the Hybrid Body Lab, is an on-skin electronic interface that can be fabricated right on the body, providing flexibility in design depending on the intended use.
ECSkin is an electrochromic display interface that also can be fabricated in situ and features modular design through tiles that can be arranged as desired. Some of the potential applications for SkinLink include vital-sign and posture monitoring, proximity sensing and body art. Both are modular prototyping toolkits, to enable much more intricate on-skin circuitry prototyping.
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