How AI is Taking on Sensors

Recently, Tufts University engineers developed flexible thread-based sensors that can be used to read data from the neck as direction, angle, and displacement. How does the engineers' sensor work, and how is AI becoming more important in sensor systems? Recently, Tufts University engineers developed flexible sensors that can be either directly attached to the skin or woven into the material to determine displacement, rotation, and direction. The sensors' key factor is not the thread material, but the coating which provides electrical conductivity. The coating used is a carbon-based ink, and as the threads are deformed, stretched, and strained, they conduct electricity differently.