Wearable Sensing Technologies

Abstract

By bringing the ability to track physiological signals over long periods of time, wearable sensing has the potential to enable new paradigms in disease prevention, treatment and management, in and beyond healthcare. Such paradigms could range from chronic monitoring to observe and detect gradual shifts in relevant parameters to the discovery of rare and asymptomatic biomarkers. The two use cases described in this article are positioned somewhere within this continuum and demonstrate the unique opportunities of this technology, while at the same time demonstrating its challenging requirements and limitations.