Yong Zhu and North Carolina State colleagues have developed a silver nanowire wearable sensor to monitor EKG and EMG. They claim that the dry sensor is as accurate as wet electrode hospital sensors and works while a wearer is moving.

According to Zhu, “the silver nanowire sensors conform to a patient’s skin, creating close contact. Because the nanowires are so flexible, the sensor maintains that close contact even when the patient moves. The nanowires are also highly conductive, which is key to the high signal quality.”

In January, 2014, ApplySci described Professor Zhu’s early silver nanowire sensor work, which led to this wearable. The accuracy of wearables will be a main focus of Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC 2015 – June 30 @ New York Academy of Sciences