Wednesday, November 9, 2011

New sensor can read your heart from afar

New sensor can read your heart from afar

Are you fed up with your current ECG sensor. Tired of all the mess of electroconductive gels, sticky electrodes and tangled wires. How about this: Britain's Plessey Semiconductors offers an ECG sensor that promises heart-monitoring without the hassle. We've seen similar technology before, but according to the company, the Electric Potential Integrated Circuit — or EPIC, as it's humbly called — can read heartbeats even through a sweater; future versions might be embedded in hospital gurneys for constant, unobtrusive monitoring.

2DayBlog.com, New sensor can read your heart from afar

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