Face-worn sensors thin enough to be invisible

Nature reports on wearable biosensors placed on the face that are effectively invisible to the eye.

Nature reports on wearable sensors designed to sit on the face while remaining invisible to the eye. The appeal is unobtrusiveness: sensors that can be worn continuously without being seen, potentially enabling ongoing monitoring of health and brain activity.

Continuous, low-friction monitoring is where a lot of cheap preventive health lives. If sensing can be made both comfortable and discreet, it becomes something people will actually wear day to day, which is what turns occasional clinic measurements into a steady stream of useful data — a benefit that touches both health and knowledge.

This is research-stage work, and we could not reach the original Nature item. What the sensors measure, how they're made, and how far they are from real-world use all sit with the source. Treat this as an early advance, not a shipping product.

Source: Nature