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Interesting Engineering

Sweat-powered wrap tracks glucose, vitamins, drugs from your finger

Interesting Engineering
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an electronic finger wrap that can monitor vital chemical levels, such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs, directly from fingertip sweat.

Remarkably, this wearable device is powered by the same sweat it analyzes.

Device operates using biofuel cells positioned where it contacts the fingertip, which efficiently collect and convert chemicals in sweat into electricity.

VR Score

72

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68

Neutral language

55

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

72

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not offensive

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Time-value

long-living

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2

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