Measure every
stretch.
A soft, stretchable sensor that turns bending, stretching and pressing into a clean signal. It stretches to three times its length, and still feels a change under one percent.
A joint, bending.
Run it along a finger or a knee and it follows the joint through its whole range, from a twitch to a full curl.
A muscle, working.
Wrapped around an arm or a thigh, it stretches as the muscle works. It is the sensing inside the ARIS band, which counts every rep.
A fingertip, pressing.
Under a thumb or against a surface, it reads how hard and for how long. Our cannulation trainer uses it to capture a nurse’s technique.
Even a heartbeat.
It picks up changes under one percent: small enough to read a pulse. Our CPR neck sensor reads the carotid pulse this way.
Stretches with the body.
Most strain sensors are stiff, so they fight the movement they measure. FLEXR stretches up to three times its length and moves with skin, fabric and muscle.
Yet feels under 1%.
It detects deformation below one percent. One sensor covers a full squat and a pulse.
Thin enough to disappear.
Soft, light and fine. Here it is on a fingertip, beside an ant. Wearers forget it is there.
Woven, worn or stuck on.
Sew it into a sleeve, weave it into fabric, wrap it in a band or fit it to a fingertip. The shape changes; the sensor doesn’t.
Where FLEXR is used.
Our own products, and devices we have built for partners in research, health and industry.
ARIS: every rep, measured.
A strength-training band built on FLEXR. It counts every rep and the effort behind it, on the arm or the thigh.
Swipe for more projects →
FLEXR · MedicalCannulation Training
A FLEXR thumb sensor paired with a dummy arm and an AI avatar, so nurses can practise cannulation and get real feedback on their technique.
FLEXR · ResearchScratch-Detection Glove
A FLEXR sensing glove that detects and records scratching behaviour for a children's research study.
FLEXR · ClinicalCPR Neck Sensor
Detects the carotid pulse to assess CPR effectiveness and close the loop on automated chest compression.
FLEXR · Assistive techAdaptive Mouse
A reconfigurable adaptive computer mouse built on FLEXR sensing. Details are limited while a patent is pending.
FLEXR · InteractionController Glove
An early soft-sensor glove translating hand motion into control input.
Have a sensing problem?
Get in touch and tell us about it. We’ll talk it through with you and work out how FLEXR could solve it.
Microfluidics, made wearable.
FLEXR grows out of the microfluidic sensing Microtube spun out of NUS in 2018. As the soft tube is stretched, bent or pressed, its electrical resistance changes, and that change is the signal.
Questions.
What is FLEXR?
How does it sense?
How sensitive and stretchable is it?
Can it go into clothing?
What has been built with FLEXR?
Can I try it before starting a project?
Can you build a custom sensor for us?
What do you want to measure?
A joint, a muscle, a pulse or a grip. Tell us the problem and we’ll tell you how FLEXR could sense it.