Title
Engineering the Comfort-of-Wear for Next Generation Wearables
Author
Shimura, T.
Sato, S.
Zalar, P.
Matsuhisa, N.
Publication year
2022
Abstract
Wearable technologies are becoming important for the fields of information technology and healthcare, driven mainly by societal issues such as the aging society and the current pandemic. Recently developed flexible/stretchable wearable devices have demonstrated their ability for long-term healthcare monitoring with improved signal integrity and multimodality. However, the adherence of wearers to such wearable devices cannot be determined only by the function. Here “comfort-of-wear” is identified as one of the most critical parameters for future wearables, similar to how clothes are chosen based on how comfortable they are. “Comfort-of-wear” is defined as the device's ability to not to disturb the wearers’ daily life. Several engineering approaches are introduced to improve the comfort-of-wear of devices—via strategies that include improving flexibility by utilizing a combination of structures, materials, and systems. Finally, the future of wearables enabled by cutting-edge advanced electronic technologies is proposed.
Subject
Flexible electronics
Smart healthcare sensors
Stretchable electronics
Wearable electronics
Wearables
Health care
Wear of materials
Wearable technology
Aging societies
Healthcare monitoring
Multi-modality
Signal Integrity
Smart healthcare sensor
Societal issues
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200512
TNO identifier
977564
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Inc
ISSN
2199-160X
Source
Advanced Electronic Materials
Document type
article