Project description
Developing better sweat-based wearables
Smart wearable devices, namely smartwatches and fitness trackers, are creating a fast-growing market. Recording activity data (speed, distance and heart rate), they are connected to the cloud. Technological advances will soon make it possible for these devices to also capture body dynamics at the molecular level. Sweat can provide access to valuable sets of biomarkers. But, sweat-based wearables face many challenges: biocompatibility, flexibility, durability, data integrity, low-power consumption, lightness in weight, and low-cost construction. The EU-funded SWeaT project will develop a low-cost wearable device capable of sensing and recording electrolytes concentration in sweat, as well as sweat rate and temperature.
Objective
Internet-of-Wearables (IoW) is already a reality embodied in commercial products for fitness, such as Fitbit, Apple Watch. These devices record activity data (speed, distance, heart-rate, impact forces) and are connected to the Cloud through Bluetooth enabled access points.
Smart wearables of the next generation of will integrate bio-chemical sensing to capture body dynamics at molecular level and in real time. Sweat, naturally produced by the human body, will enable non-invasive access to rich sets of bio-markers. However, sweat-based IoW devices face many challenges: bio-compatibility, flexibility, durability, data integrity, low-power consumption, lightness in weight and low-cost construction.
SWeaT (Smart Wearable for Fatigue Tracking) will address all these issues and will enable coaches, physicians and trainers to better analyze the performances/fatigue trade-off by real-time monitoring of athletes’ parameters.
To this purpose, SWeaT will develop a low-cost wearable device capable of sensing and recording a full set of relevant electrolytes concentration in sweat, sweat rate and temperature. The device will take advantage of: (i) a custom IC in low-cost CMOS technology to provide early readout and signal digitalization (ii) micro-fluidic paths to properly manage the sweat flow during real-time measurement. A Bluetooth Low Energy module will be embedded in a sport gear to enable lightweight, minimal invasiveness, 10-to-100-meter wireless range communication. SWeaT plans to reach TRL 5 and to develop a Minimum Valuable Product by the end of the action to fully exploit the developed technology.
SWeaT will be implemented at the University of Pisa with a secondment in Barcelona at the Microelectronic Institute. Through SWeaT and its tailored training plan, Dr. Dei will greatly enrich his scientific and soft skills towards his next career challenge.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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56126 Pisa
Italy
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