A new type of wearable health monitoring device, currently under development, analyzes the sodium content of your sweat to track hydration levels. This information obtained from a skin worn patch can be transmitted to a smart phone and potentially alert the wearer to low hydration levels. For more information, click here.
Reference
Nyein HYY et al. (2019) Regional and correlative sweat analysis using high-throughput microfluidic sensing patches toward decoding sweat. Sci Adv 5, eaaw9906.
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