UW News
Minoru Taya
February 12, 2018
Tissue paper sensors show promise for health care, entertainment, robotics
![Glasses sensor](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/02/04131339/Wearable_sensor_1046-Edit3-150x150.jpg)
University of Washington engineers have turned tissue paper – similar to toilet tissue – into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement.