# E-skins and e-tattoos: Your cybernetic future

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUTAustin
- Speaker: Nanshu Lu
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nanshu_lu_e_skins_and_e_tattoos_your_cybernetic_future)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Smartwatches are powerful computers, but too imprecise for medical use; doctors still need to spend valuable time taking measurements with specialized equipment. Biomechnical engineer Nanshu Lu explains why rigid electronics just don’t work well with our soft, pliable skin–and how her flexible, tattoo-like sensors are changing the future of at-home healthcare.

## Lectures

1. [E-skins and e-tattoos: Your cybernetic future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nanshu_lu_e_skins_and_e_tattoos_your_cybernetic_future/719d6e6c445c), 18 min (TED's player)