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Date of publication: 1 August 2008
Sensor tape technology to track explosive blasts
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and prototype, all-printed, disposable, blast dosimeters. This technology is a flexible, wearable, electronic ‘tape’ that contains sensors to record data associated with exposure to explosive blasts in the battlefield. The $2 million, 18-month DARPA program will make use of PARC’s jet-printing expertise to develop low-cost technologies and processes for fabricating the tape’s sensors, memory, and control electronics.
