Researchers have unveiled a set of gloves that contain pressure sensors with the aim of helping doctors check tumours during routine examinations. The gloves, which are made from flexible silicone and can be worn on either hand, measure blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation in real time.
Researchers have unveiled a set of gloves that contain pressure sensors with the aim of helping doctors check tumours during routine examinations. The gloves are made up of composite nanofibres of carbon nanotubes and graphene, can measure pressure in 144 places around the glove, and are transparent and bendable, whilst being sensitive enough to detect small pressure changes within an artificial blood vessel.