Electronic Products Will Be Worn On The Body.

British technicians are trying to implant sensors. clothing Thereby monitoring the important disease signals of wearers or suggesting the existence of dangerous chemicals for wearers.

Touch technology innovation company Peratech now uses quantum channel synthesis. QTC Sensor, jointly develop wearable electronic products with University of the Arts in London. This is a 3 and a half year research project aimed at bringing together a highly innovative industry and academic experience through a creative way to explore the needs and applications of wearable technology. It is reported that QTC technology is currently being applied to robotics, automobiles, touch screens and consumer electronics.

Peratech chief technology officer David Lussey said: "we are very pleased to be able to participate in this project. QTC material has been used in garment zippers for several years, so we are well aware that it can withstand high strength wear and repeated washing. "This project combines technology, design and user needs to explore how to develop wearable technology in a growing field," he said.

The core of this technology is to press QTC material to change its resistance. Printing QTC ink on fabric can play a simple function of opening / closing, but more interesting, because resistance will vary with the size of applied pressure, some areas of the fabric may become sensitive to touch or recognize the magnitude of pressure.

Lussey explained: "glasses with computer screens are now available, but no simple input and interaction has yet been found. With this technology, people can print the keyboard on the back of a sleeve or the glove, and connect them to the glasses with Bluetooth. Or a rectangular touch QTC material can also be used as a touchpad and can respond to a variety of touch gestures such as stretching and sliding. These types of touch input are similar to those of familiar smartphones and tablet computers.

Apart from inductive touch, volatile organic compounds can also be found in QTC materials. This so-called printable electronic nose sensor operates on the principle that QTC material will expand when volatile organic compounds are present, which will change the resistance of QTC materials. In addition to Gao Min's perception, the material also has the characteristics of fast response and recovery.

Different formulations are formulated according to the volatile organic compounds to be detected, so as to print low cost early warning sensors and related electronic products. Spin On the product, we can produce products that can monitor the wearer's disease, fatigue or the existence of dangerous chemicals.

"These sensors can be implanted into the public as well as for remote monitoring of pressure and chemical attacks on military personnel," Lussey said. cloth The health status of wearers is monitored daily, which is due to the fact that some volatile organic compounds may be early warning signs of health problems.

Lussey said: "it's exciting that the printing capabilities of active devices and passive devices have made a real leap, so that people can combine it with QTC technology and print all the components needed for the entire circuit directly to soft substrates such as film, paper and textiles."