Research

The lab has experience in essentially every aspect of wearable device development and deployment, from low technology readiness research to high technology readiness use of devices. This work has developed over nearly 20 years, giving us a lot of breath. We have example work in all of:

• Sensing:

  • Dry sensing in wearables: e.g. activity monitoring, electrophysiology (ECG and EEG), heart monitoring (PPG)

  • Wet sensing in wearables: e.g. sweat biomarkers

  • Novel sensing: e.g. wearable light loggers

• Body phantoms for controlled device testing

• Electrodes

• Low power, small size, electronic system design:

  • PCB design

  • IC design

• Complete wearable device creation

• Novel electronic system design:

  • Flexible electronics

  • Sustainable electronics

  • Physical and data driven personalisation`

• App creation

• Machine learning and signal processing for wearable data:

  • Big Data: e.g. using the UK Biobank

  • Edge AI and on device inference

  • Artefact removal algorithms

  • Data processing algorithms, e.g. for emotion estimation

• Power: - Energy harvester modelling - Flexible batteries

• Closed-loop devices: - Sense-stimulate: e.g. sound, light, electrical stimulation

• Use of wearable devices in University and Clinical investigations

• Translation and responsible innovation - Translation of devices from the lab - Health inequalities - Public and Patient involvement and engagement - User co-design