Biological and Medical Sensor Technologies

10 Sweat Rate Wearable Sensors

Pietro Salvo

CONTENTS

10.1     Introduction

10.2     Sweat

10.2.1     Applications

10.3     Wearable Sweat Rate Sensors: Principles and Methods

10.3.1     Skin Conductivity Sensor

10.3.2     Resistive Wrist Watch

10.3.3     Polymer Fibers

10.3.4     Conductive Yarns

10.3.5     Humidity Gradient Sensor

10.4     Conclusion and Future Work

References

10.1 Introduction

In recent years, public and private researchers have been looking at small and cost-effective wearable sensors for monitoring parameters of physiological interest. A wide and constantly growing sensors market is pushing toward the development of devices capable of gathering and processing information directly on human body. According to a study by ABI ...