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This stuff has some really cool implications but... > For example, flexible electronics — from knee patches that capture range of motion in arthritic patients
by tomxor 9y ago
This stuff has some really cool implications but...
> For example, flexible electronics — from knee patches that capture range of motion in arthritic patients to patches that use sweat to detect fatigue in athletes or soldiers — hold great promise for collecting medically relevant data.
Sorry this just sounds lame, whenever people try to suggest applications of new technology they almost always seem to be A) not particularly useful and B) unimaginative.
> sweat to detect fatigue in athletes.
Really? don't you think it might be simpler, faster, cheaper (better in every single way) to just ask them?
- celim307 9y agoTo play devil's advocate, there definitely is a disconnect between when you think you're fine and when you're dehydrated
- DoubleCribble 9y agoAny endurance athlete can verify. You learn quickly to force liquids and energy because by the time you realize you're dehydrated or weak, the competition might not be finished but your race is.
- kazinator 9y agoIt took me some 15 years to realize I had been chronically lacking sodium. Fixed that problem; running is better than ever. Sometimes you know you're not fine, but the cause isn't obvious. An athlete who is dehydrated might feel something is off, but not pin it on dehydration. Maybe just a bad day, or not enough sleep, or recovery from some earlier workout or whatever. That's a problem: even if the body tells you something, the message isn't always interpreted right.
- sowbug 9y agoIt's unclear what your comment is meant to contribute. Criticizing ideas you don't find useful or imaginative is not especially useful or imaginative.
- tomxor 9y agoReally? care to explain, how exactly would anything progress without criticism. Lets all just pat each other on the back and not bother telling each other the flaws in what we produce or think, that will work out just fine.