ArticleScience advances2024
Ambient health sensing on passive surfaces using metamaterials.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
- An in-sensor communication electronic textile for imperceptible and ultrarobust silent speech.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Multifaceted mechanical responsive metamaterials: Mechanisms, fabrications, and applications.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Review
- Exploring Age-Related Patterns in Smartphone Keystroke Dynamics Considering Temporal Variability: Cross-Sectional Study With AI-Based Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Photonic Nanomaterials for Wearable Health Solutions.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Transforming Healthcare: Intelligent Wearable Sensors Empowered by Smart Materials and Artificial Intelligence.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Machine learning in point-of-care testing: innovations, challenges, and opportunities.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Metasurfaces: From THz Biosensing to Microwave Wireless Communications.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Ambient sensors can continuously and unobtrusively monitor a person's health and well-being in everyday settings. Among various sensing modalities, wireless radio-frequency sensors offer exceptional sensitivity, immunity to lighting conditions, and privacy advantages. However, existing wireless sensors are susceptible to environmental interference and unable to capture detailed information from multiple body sites. Here, we present a technique to transform passive surfaces in the environment into highly sensitive and localized health sensors using metamaterials. Leveraging textiles' ubiquity, we engineer metamaterial textiles that mediate near-field interactions between wireless signals and the body for contactless and interference-free sensing. We demonstrate that passive surfaces functionalized by these metamaterials can provide hours-long cardiopulmonary monitoring with accuracy comparable to gold standards. We also show the potential of distributed sensors and machine learning for continuous blood pressure monitoring. Our approach enables passive environmental surfaces to be harnessed for ambient sensing and digital health applications.
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