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Japanese Researchers Develop Ultrathin, Highly Elastic Skin Display
"Device displays electrocardiogram recorded by skin sensor, holds promise for home healthcare applications"

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11:00 AM US Central Standard Time on Saturday, February 17, 2018
5:00 PM UK GMT on Saturday, February 17, 2018
2:00 AM Japan Standard Time on Sunday, February 18, 2018
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Press Release (English) PDF (217KB),

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Press Release (Japanese) PDF (542KB)
Press Conference Handout (Japanese) PDF (2.6MB)
Photos (Credit: 2018 Takao Someya Research Group)
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Photo 1: Ultrathin deformable skin display withstands stretching


The soft, flexible skin display is about 1 millimeter thick, and consists of a 16 x 24 array of micro LEDs and stretchable wiring mounted on a rubber sheet. It can withstand repeated stretching, by as much as 45 percent of its original length, without showing any loss in function of its electrical and mechanical properties.

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Photo 2: A heart symbol on skin display

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Photo 3: Thumbs-up icon on skin display

 

An integrated “skin electronics” system allows health monitoring at home and gives doctors remote access to biometric data transmitted wirelessly to a medical cloud. It promises to enhance self-care and accessibility of medical information to various segments of the population, including children and the elderly. A thumbs-up image on the skin display serves as an indicator of good health.

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Photo 4: Moving electrocardiogram waveform on skin display


An ultrathin, flexible skin display fit snugly onto the back of the hand shows the moving waveform of an electrocardiogram recorded by a biomedical sensor mounted on the skin.

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Photo 5: Nanomesh electrodes attached on the skin supply electricity to LEDs.

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Photo 6: Nanomesh electrodes attached on the skin supply electricity to LEDs.

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Photo 7: Nanomesh electrodes attached on the skin supply electricity to LEDs. (When turned off)

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Photo 8: Nanomesh electrodes attached on the skin supply electricity to LEDs (When turned on)

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Movies
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VIDEO: "The Future of Skin Electronics"

* Should you prfer the videos in higher resolutions, please contact Professor Takao Someya @ someya(at)ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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VIDEO: "The Future of Skin Electronics"

* Should you prfer the videos in higher resolutions, please contact Professor Takao Someya @ someya(at)ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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VIDEO: "The Future of Skin Electronics"

* Should you prfer the videos in higher resolutions, please contact Professor Takao Someya @ someya(at)ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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Summary

A new ultrathin, elastic display that fits snugly on the skin can show the moving waveform of an electrocardiogram recorded by a breathable, on-skin electrode sensor. Combined with a wireless communication module, this integrated biomedical sensor system—called “skin electronics”—can transmit biometric data to the cloud. This latest research, developed by a collaboration between researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering and Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), a leading Japanese printing company,is slated for a news briefing and talk at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas on February 17th.

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Contact information

Dr. Takao Someya, Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
The University of Tokyo7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
TEL: (+81)-3-5841-0411 FAX: (+81)-3-5841-6709 E-mail:someya@ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp URL:http://www.ntech.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

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