Multi-disciplinary Nelms Institute Team Develops Wearable Smart Sensor for Orthopaedic Care

June 26, 2024

UF smart sensor sends smartphone alert if mending patient is too daring on their feet GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A physician isn’t going to follow a patient home to ensure they’re doing as instructed and not placing weight on a surgically repaired foot. “Sometimes someone swears they didn’t put weight on their foot, but then they […]

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From the Directors’ Desk: Battling COVID-19 with Smart Wearables

May 21, 2021

When COVID-19 upended our lives in early 2020, some of the brightest engineering minds across the globe got to work. Members of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World came forward to join this global task force to fight the pandemic. Using our research expertise and creativity, we implemented smart connected systems to monitor, […]

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