Edible electronics: How a seaweed second skin could transform health and fitness sensor tech

[joe_githler]

"I was first inspired to use seaweed in the lab after watching MasterChef during lockdown. Seaweed, when used to thicken deserts, gives them a soft and bouncy structure—favored by vegans and vegetarians as an alternative to gelatin. It got me thinking: 'What if we could do that with sensing technology?

"For me, one of the most exciting aspects to this development is that we have a sensor that is both fully biodegradable and highly effective. The mass production of unsustainable rubber and plastic based health technology could, ironically, pose a risk to human health through microplastics leeching into water sources as they degrade.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-edible-electronics-seaweed-skin-health.html