A key step forward: Engineers take wearable ‘e-tattoo’ technology for heart disease to the next level

E-tattoo chest heart monitor designed by engineers with the University of Texas at Austin

E-tattoo chest heart monitor designed by engineers at the University of Texas at Austin. Image courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin.

The new-look device, which captures ECG and seismocardiogram measurements at the same time, is completely wireless and runs on batteries that last up to 40 hours.