Bio-inks allow sensors to be drawn onto skin, leaves and other surfaces

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You've probably heard about pens with conductive ink, that allow users to draw circuits onto materials such as paper. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have gone a step or two farther – they've created "bio-inks" that could be used to draw sensors onto a variety of surfaces, using an ordinary ballpoint pen... Continue Reading Bio-inks allow sensors to be drawn onto skin, leaves and other surfaces

Section: Science

Tags: Diabetes, Inks, Monitoring, Skin, UC San Diego, UCSD

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