New Delhi, Jan 15 || Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, an autonomous institute of Department of Science and Technology have developed a novel wearable device that can detect stress.
The team developed the Neuromorphic device -- electronic systems that mimic the functions of neurons and synapse -- using silver wire network on a stretchable material.
The device can sense strain, mimics pain perception and adapts its electrical response accordingly.
"These pain-like responses in the device paves the way for future smart wearable systems that can help doctors detect stress," said the researchers.
The team noted that small gaps appear within the silver network, when the material gets stretched.
This temporarily breaks the electrical pathway.
To reconnect, an electric pulse is given, which fills the gaps, and essentially "remembers" the event.