The concept of the "tattoo-like" skin patch to monitor vital signs got a lot
of PR back in August, but after hearing MC10′s CEO David Icke last week I see a
much larger picture for what he called seamless sensing.
MC10 is commercializing technology under
research for government agencies into applications like healthcare and consumer
electronics. Their premise is simple: take thin, conformally mounted chips into
flexible new form factors. I think the phrase "form factor" is a bit
misleading. Icke asked a great question during his presentation at the USC Body
Computing Conference:
"Why do electronics have to be rigid, brittle, planar, or boxy?"
This speaks straight to the conventional definition of form factor developed
over decades of practice. If you can eliminate the board, that eliminates the
box, and now the issue becomes how to power and protect electronics which are
conformally mounted on just about anything. MC10 isn't talking about a simple
"printed" device like an RFID tag, but a complete system-on-substrate with
sensor, microcontroller, and wireless capability.
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Re: Think Beyond Tatoo. Think Seamless Sensing
