These sensors are as fine as spider's silk and can monitor human health

Researchers say the environmental footprint of manufacturing the fibre is also small.

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00:03 The strand is made of many free components.

00:22 One is a polymeric material, which

00:27 enable this material to draw into fibers.

00:30 And then another material, which is actually

00:34 called hyaluronic acid.

00:35 It's very similar to our skin, enable the fiber

00:38 to contact with the skin.

00:40 And then a final very important ingredient

00:42 is a semiconducting polymer that actually

00:48 is able to transfer the electrical signal

00:53 from the body.

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00:57 It's really difficult to measure ECG on a baby,

01:09 for example, continuously.

01:11 So that will be a very important application.

01:14 You put these tiny fibers, don't interfere with them,

01:17 and then they can actually-- the ECG

01:19 can be continuously measured.

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