Singapore, April 9 -- About one in three employees in Singapore report feeling burnt out - one of the highest rates globally. Burnout and chronic fatigue carry a substantial economic cost and pose serious risks in professions where alertness is critical.

Wearable devices could fill the gap by continuously tracking cardiovascular markers linked to the autonomic nervous system, but their readings degrade sharply during everyday movement.

A research team from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering under the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore has developed a metahydrogel platform integrated with AI-driven signal processing that suppresses multiple sources of motion no...