Quickly Getting Yourself Into a Sticky Situation

A team from Cornell University has developed a versatile, wearable on-skin computing platform that is designed to help get prototypes off the ground quickly. It is a modular system of flexible skin patches with standardized connectors that each have their own preprogrammed computing module. The team has been working with middle school students to teach them about device design with their SkinKit platform. They see their system as an important way to get more people interested in STEM, aside from their initial goal of building a rapid prototyping platform. Looking down the road, they also see applications in areas as diverse as art and fashion, as well as the future of wearable wearable technology as a way to teach middle schoolers how to design and create a device that can be used. . . .