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Epicore Biosystems Combines FHE, Microfluidics to Measure Biomarkers

Latest project is a collaboration between Northwestern University, Air Force Research Labs on a wearable that measures sweat and physiology.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Wearables have come a long way from the early days of simply measuring exercise. To-day’s more sophisticated systems can tell much more about the human body through measuring key biomarkers such as sweat. This has important benefits in numerous fields, including the military, athletics and monitoring exercise. Epicore Biosystems is creating some of the most interesting technology in this field using microfluidics and flexible hybrid electronics (FHE). Working as part of the NextFlex eco-system,...

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