Your own personal poison-snooper as a wearable skin patch

Your own personal poison-snooper as a wearable skin patch

The prototype device warns wearers of gaseous, aerosolized, and aqueous environmental toxins by vibrating against their skin

An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you. It can also detect heavy metals in water and toxic aerosols, and can work as an e-skin for robots.

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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: North Carolina State University, wearable electronics, Poisons, Electronic skin, Haptics