Avoiding amputations: JSU CSET seniors engineer a product for diabetics
From: Evaluation Engineering - 02/02/2016

Engineering students at Jackson State University have designed a "smart mat"
that gauges foot temperature of diabetics to help thwart the danger of lower
extremity amputations -  particularly in Mississippi, where the risk is
greater, according to the CDC.

As part of their senior design project, JSU students in the College of
Science, Engineering and Technology recently created the
temperature-measuring device.

Although the smart mat is quite durable and can be placed on most surfaces,
one issue was that the original temperature sensor pads produced erroneous
values due to moisture, such as wet feet. The group eventually switched to a
more sturdy, efficient, waterproof sensor called the lily pad.

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