UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 24 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Wearable health monitors are designed to move with the body. But for many devices, movement creates a problem: The more a person bends, stretches, reaches or runs, the harder it can be for the device to keep a stable wireless connection.
Penn State researchers and international collaborators set out to solve that problem by developing a soft, stretchable antenna that can keep working even when pulled in different directions. The work, published in Nature Communications, could help make wearable health monitors more reliable during everyday activity.
"The medical application is the top priority for us, because we see ...