Soft Intelligent Bioelectronics and Advancing Digital Healthcare Through Research, Translation, and Commercialization

In this presentation, Dr. Yeo will explore the foundational scientific principles behind integrated soft sensors and electronics in wearable formats for advancing digital healthcare. He will address the limitations of current biomedical systems employed for continuous health monitoring, persistent human-machine interfaces, and disease diagnosis. A series of innovative solutions designed to overcome these challenges will be presented in detail. Specifically, Dr. Yeo will elaborate on unique strategies for the design and fabrication of new systems utilizing soft and hybrid materials. He will also present a variety of recent digital healthcare projects that focus on the development of soft electronic sensors and platforms. These projects include VR-AR-integrated brain sensors, wearable energy harvesters, drug efficacy evaluation systems, and health monitors tailored for outdoor workers. The presentation will showcase both in vitro and in vivo study examples that emphasize the distinctiveness of these nanomembrane electronic systems and their considerable advantages over existing alternatives, particularly in areas such as real-time continuous health monitoring, portable healthcare, quantitative disease diagnosis, and connected therapeutics. Finally, he will address ongoing initiatives aimed at advancing education in the sustainable development of biomedical devices and promoting translational research in the commercialization of medical devices.