biomimetic sensors

New tech detects dehydration by touching a screen

1 min read · Thu, May 22 2025

Wearable biomimetic sensors sensors

A smartphone-style sensor reads moisture levels in skin, offering a low-cost way to monitor health during fasting, exercise or everyday life.

Abdellatif Ait Lahcen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sensors

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Dr. Abdellatif Ait Lahcen is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sensors Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Before joining the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 2019 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, I was performing my research at the department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Cadiz (Spain) as well as in the laboratory of Process Engineering and Environment at Hassan II University of Casablanca in Morocco. I