With the popularity of fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other health monitoring and entertainment gadgets, wearable technologies have exploded in recent years. The need for innovative materials that are accurate, lightweight, durable, and comfortable to wear data collectors and transmitters for long periods of time is growing alongside the demand for wearable technologies. It takes careful consideration of the materials used in their construction to achieve this harmony of form and function. Image Credit: Stable Micro Systems Ltd Researchers need to assess the flexibility, firmness and other physical characteristics of the materials that make up wearable devices and this is made easily possible through the use of a TA.XTplusC/TA.HDplusC texture analyzer,…