Research team develops wearable device for fashionable personal thermal comfort

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-team-wearable-device-fashionable-personal.html

"Pocketable and Smart Electrohydrodynamic Pump (PSEP) combined with soft tubes for clothes... self-sensing of flow rates (which are higher than previously) in electrohydrodynamic pumping liquids by injecting charges inside liquid moving them using electric field... adjust temperatures up to 3°C... compact PSEP offering thermal control fitting into shirt pocket with intuitive smartphone interface, detect and notify of blockages in tubing... future: self-healing liquids, advanced materials improving resilience"

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