2018 Lecture: Electronic skins connecting cyberspace and human - Professor Takao Someya, University of Tokyo
Published: 10 July 2018
Date: Friday, 27th July 2018, 11.00-13.00 Venue: Lecture Theatre 408, Rankine Building
The topic this year of the School of Engineering's Electronic Systems Design Centre's series of annual lectures is "Electronic skins connecting cyberspace and human".
The lecture, on Friday, 27 July, 11.30-13.00, in lecture theatre 408, Rankine Building, is being given by Professor Takao Someya from the University of Tokyo.
Wearable electronics are expected to open up a new class of applications ranging from health-monitoring, motion-capturing, human-machine interfaces, and new IT fashion. In order to expand emerging applications of wearable technologies, printed flexible biomedical sensors have attracted much attention recently. This lecture will review recent progresses of wearables, smart apparels, and artificial electronic skins (E-skins) from the contexts of high-precision and long-term vital signal monitoring.
Abstract
Wearable electronics are expected to open up a new class of applications ranging from healthmonitoring, motion-capturing, human-machine interfaces, and new IT fashion. In order to expand emerging applications of wearable technologies, printed flexible biomedical sensors have attracted much attention recently. In order to minimize the discomfort of wearing sensors, it is highly desirable to use soft electronic materials particularly for devices that come directly into contact with the skin and/or biological tissues. In this regard, electronics manufactured on thin polymeric films, elastomeric and textile substrates by printing are very attractive. This lecture will review recent progresses of wearables, smart apparels, and artificial electronic skins (E-skins) from the contexts of high-precision and long-term vital signal monitoring. Furthermore, the issues and the future prospect of wearables and beyond wearables will be addressed.
Biography
Takao Someya is Professor of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Tokyo, since 2009. He conducts fundamental research on organic transistors, flexible electronics, plastic integrated circuits, large-area sensors, and plastic actuators. He has received a number of awards including the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize. He has been Global foundries Visiting Professor in National University of Singapore, since 2016, and Hans Fischer Senior Fellow in Technical University of Munich, since 2017.
First published: 10 July 2018
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