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2017

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2021

2025

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Wearable Sensor, Vital signs, neonatal intensive care

This is a Wearable sensor. It was designed by John Rogers.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from John A. Rogers as part of Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

It is dated 2017–21. Its medium is silicone, electronics. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

John A. Rogers, a physical chemist and materials scientist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, creates medical-grade wearable devices. These devices can be applied to optimal parts of the body (unlike a wristwatch) and can be used to track a wide range of body processes. Sensors designed to monitor COVID-19 track coughing, vocalization, and temperature.

It is credited Courtesy of John A. Rogers.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (Approx.): 1.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm (1/2 in. × 4 in. × 3 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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