Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise for Prosthetics, Monitoring From: Medical Design Technology - 01/17/2014 North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military or athletic applications, including new prosthetics, robotic systems and flexible touch panels. The sensors can measure strain, pressure, human touch, and bioelectronic signals such as electrocardiograms. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/01/silver-nanowire-sensors-hold-promise-prosthetics-monitoring Links: Wearable Multifunctional Sensors Using Printed Stretchable Conductors Made Of Silver Nanowires http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/NR/C3NR05496A#%21divAbstract Researchers Create Highly Conductive and Elastic Conductors Using Silver Nanowires http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-zhu-silver-stretch/ Yong Zhu http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/faculty-staff/profile/yong-zhu/