A team of Queensland University of Technology researchers (pictured) have developed a new alloy with potential use in wearable, flexible semiconductors. The researchers, each from QUT and each belonging to the ARC Research Hub in Zero-emission Power Generation for Carbon Neutrality (ZeroPC), published their work in the journal Nature Communications. A statement from the university…
WearOptimo, a Brisbane heath technology company commercialising sticker-like sensors for monitoring biosignals, has announced its Advisory Board, made up of experts in biotechnology, healthcare, regulatory affairs, and venture investment. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said the six-member board was part of ambitions around its “Microwearable” hydration sensors and United States launch. The initial…
This week in our Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers series, we hear from Professor Mark Kendall, CEO and founder of WearOptimo. Brent Balinski spoke to Kendall, whose patents have generated an estimated $2 billion in economic activity. With a novel way to monitor biosignals using electrodes sitting just under a wearer’s skin, WearOptimo hopes to…
Scientists led by researchers from RMT University in Melbourne have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user’s bending finger. It can also create and store ‘memories’, in what the researchers call a promising step towards health monitoring and other technologies. The innovation features a single, super-thin nanomaterial incorporated into a stretchable…
Diagnostics company Nutromics has raised $11 million in an ‘acceleration’ funding round for its medical wearable diagnostic platform. The round, which comes after the company raised $20 million in a round backed by the venture arm of blood glucose monitor manufacturer Dexcom, was led by two high net-worth family offices. Nutromics threatens to revolutionize diagnostics…