Your own personal poison-snooper as a wearable skin patch

This wearable patch will buzz your arm when it detects poisons, and it could one day save your life

Researchers have created a wearable patch that detects poisonsIt sends a haptic buzz to your arm whenever toxins are sensedEach poison type has its own haptic feedback patternThere are many professions that regularly put people in contact with dangerous substances — bacteria, toxic gases, you name it. What if there was a way to quickly and easily detect these hazardous compounds before they damage your health? Well, new research suggests there m…

Your own personal poison-snooper as a wearable skin patch

An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you. It can also detect heavy metals in water and toxic aerosols, and can work as an e-skin for robots.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: North Carolina State University, wearable electronics, Poisons, Electronic skin, Haptics