Bio-inks allow sensors to be drawn onto skin, leaves and other surfaces

You've probably heard about pens with conductive ink, that allow users to draw circuits onto materials such as paper. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have gone a step or two farther – they've created "bio-inks" that could be used to draw sensors onto a variety of surfaces, using an ordinary ballpoint pen. .. Continue Reading Bio-inks allow sensors to be drawn onto skin, leaves and other surfaces



Section: Science



Tags: Diabetes, Inks, Monitoring, Skin, UC San Diego, UCSD



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