December 7, 2017
…the Center for Wearable Sensors at UC San Diego. Their team published the work in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Custom-designed Android app displays test results on a smartphone screen GlucPhone has two main parts. One is a slim, 3D printed case that fits over a smartphone and has a permanent, reusable…
May 10, 2021
UC San Diego engineers developed a device that could make it more convenient for people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose. The device can measure glucose in sweat with the touch of a fingertip, and then a personalized algorithm provides an accurate estimate of blood glucose levels.
June 12, 2012
…called on to install mini-sensors that record earthquake data beneficial to science, emergency response and seismic safety Debi Kilb, Scripps/UCSD lead for the Quake Catcher Network. WANTED: Members of the public willing to help scientists capture key seismic data to improve scientific understanding of earthquakes, provide detailed information on how…
October 17, 2013
…an inexpensive yet rugged sensor system that will predict landslides in the Philippines, a country where landslides are a deadly, national problem. Can you talk about your views on interdisciplinary collaborations, as they relate to addressing societal problems? AP: Every single societal problem has many facets to it. Challenges such…
March 2, 2015
…be able to build sensors, anywhere, including physicians in the clinic, patients in their home and soldiers in the field. The team from the University of California, San Diego, developed high-tech bio-inks that react with several chemicals, including glucose. They filled off-the-shelf ballpoint pens with the inks and were able…
January 30, 2019
An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. They describe the system, which includes a motion capture system, soft sensors, a neural
May 6, 2021
…and Epilepsy Treatments New sensors created at UC San Diego sit on brain’s surface and allow surgeons to create higher-resolution brain maps Image of one of a flexible mats of closely spaced sensors being developed at UC San Diego. These kinds of sensor grids are temporarily placed directly on the…
August 31, 2015
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a mouth guard that can monitor health markers, such as lactate, cortisol and uric acid, in saliva and transmit the information wirelessly to a smart phone, laptop or tablet. The technology, which is at a proof-of-concept stage, could be used…
September 26, 2012
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have released a new, more accurate version of a software program that allows power grid managers and solar power plant developers to easily model fluctuations in solar power output caused by changes in the cloud cover.
October 6, 2022
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a thin, flexible and stretchy sweat sensor that can show the level of glucose, lactate, sodium, or pH of your sweat, as soon as a press of the finger without being connected to any external device.
