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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		A health monitor that's worth sweating over
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:03
	Publish Date:		2016-02-15 00:00:00
	Description:		Wearable health monitors are not new to consumers, but engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have taken the trend a step further by developing a ‘smart’ wrist- or headband that can continually monitor the chemicals in your sweat. And since human sweat is rich in physiological chemicals, this device could be used to assess and monitor a user’s state of health. Engineer Ali Javey describes how it works. "There is the flexible, printed electronic component. This is where we have the sensors to detect the different chemicals in sweat. And then there is a second component, and that’s where we can process the information, we can analyze the data and we can also transmit the signal to a wireless cell phone." Their prototype would offer a non-invasive, real-time way to alert users to health problems such as fatigue, dehydration and dangerously high body temperatures. "And it’s all done using a platform that is just on the back of the watch." People may be in a sweat to use this now, but more testing still needs to be done.
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