Wearable Sweat Sensor Tracks Biochemical Markers.

reports in “Science Now” that the device could someday “alert sweat drenched users to risks of dehydration, fatigue, stress and other physical ailments.” The sensor tracks four biomarkers “including electrolytes like sodium and potassium, and metabolites like glucose and lactate,” as well as body temperature. Long term, the research team seeks to track “an array of other proteins, molecules and ions that could offer more clues to a person’s physical well being.” The Times highlights the prospect this device may become commonplace in the future. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sweat-monitor-20160127-story.html