In a world where every aspect of our lives is getting “smarter” all the time, it should come as no surprise that Swansea University’s Institute of Life Science has come up with a “Smart Bandage”.  Just a plaster to place on your wound will not do. Now the question is just what does this intelligent bandage do?

Marc Clement, who led the research into the development of the smart bandage, says that the intelligent dressing uses nano technology to sense the state of the wound at any one specific time. Basically the bandage joins a 5G infrastructure combining it with your mobile phone.

Now it can keep track of how the wound is healing, inform the doctor about the details, and also let you know where you are, and just how active you have been lately. It can be tailor made to meet the needs of the individual patient.

The bandage will go on trial within the next year. The researchers working on the prototype hope that 3D printing will bring down the cost of mass producing these individualized bandages. This is one science project which will be able to directly communicate with your doctor when you are unwilling to.