Science Highlights
The eWEAR-TCCI awards for science writing is a project commissioned by the Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR) at Stanford University and made possible by funding through eWEAR industrial affiliates program member Shanda Group and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI®).
Emerging Wearable Technologies Enhance Multisystem Monitoring and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
by Yasmine M. Kehnemouyi, Todd P. Coleman, and Peter A. Tass
Bringing Wearables from Bench to Bedside
By Chibuike Uwakwe
Art Imitates Life: The Brain Vasculature as a Muse for Designing Novel Bioelectronics
by Jerry (Yuhsiang) Cheng
A key to assembling materials on the surface of live neurons
By Grace Huckins
Molecularly imprinted polymers for continual, real-time sensing of dopamine for health monitoring
By Andy Tay
A New Device Records Brain Activity from Inside Blood Vessels
By Grace Huckins
Layers of self-healing electronic skin realign autonomously when cut
By Andrew Myers
Spray-on smart skin uses AI to rapidly understand hand tasks
By Andrew Myers
Wireless smart bandage provides new insights on healing chronic wounds
By Andrew Myers
Optogenetics Pioneer Karl Deisseroth Meets his Latest Challenge: Writing a Book
By Grace Huckins
Freezing of Gait: Assessment of gait locations using wearables for Parkinson’s disease patients
By Swetha Vaidyanathan
New wearable device measures the changing size of tumors below the skin
By Andrew Myers
To understand human brain imaging, Stanford scientists look to flies
By Grace Huckins
A simpler approach to eye tracking for virtual reality
By Andrew Myers
HAPTIC BRACELET: A mechanistic understanding of a wrist-worn haptic device
Swetha Vaidyanathan
Probing neural circuits underlying the socially ‘contagious’ nature of pain and pain relief
By Rennie Kendrick
A Wearable Strain Sensor Captures In Vivo Tumor Progression
By Weilai Yu
Revealing how the mouse brain’s reward center responds to deep-brain stimulation
By Tony Liu
Wireless origami-inspired microrobots for biomedical applications
By Andy Tay
Human’s Virtual Best Friend: The benefits of augmented reality social support animals
By Lindzi Wessel
Optical tactile sensor to improve robotic performance
By Andy Tay
Implantable sensors to monitor arterial health
By Andy Tay
Supramolecular Chemistry Enables Highly Conductive and Stretchable Bioelectronics
By Weilai Yu
A New Way to Slice Up the Brain—and the Mind
By Grace Huckins
Bringing greater reality to virtual reality
By Andrew Myers
Strain-insensitive stretchable electronics for wearables
By Andy Tay
Improving performance of polymer semiconductors with metal-ligand based mechanophores
By Andy Tay
Stretchable Battery Underpinned by Supramolecular Chemistry
By Weilai Yu
A window into maternal health through hair cortisol
By Tony Liu
Monitoring of intra-tumoral drug pharmacokinetics in vivo with implantable sensors
By Andy Tay
Nanostructured electrodes improve sensor sensitivity with faster electron transfer
By Andy Tay
Implantable device for wirelessly controlled drug delivery
By Andy Tay
Stanford scientists uncover how brain regions keep each other on track
By Grace Huckins
Finding brain patterns underlying depression: linking functional neuroimaging to symptom subtypes
By Tony Liu
Soft-bioelectronics to detect neuromotor disorders in infants
By Swetha Vaidyanathan
Early liver cancer diagnosis using magnetoresistive biosensor
By Andy Tay
Smart contact lens monitors blood sugar
By Andrew Myers
Molecular Strategy Enables High Performance of Elastic Skin-inspired Electronics
By Weilai Yu
About the Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR)
eWEAR aims to solve challenges that will increase the usefulness of future wearable electronics. eWEAR fosters multi-disciplinary approaches and collaboration between companies and Stanford University. eWEAR highlights published research by Stanford professors, postdoctoral fellows and students to inform directions for wearables and implantable medical devices.
