Telemetric sensors for the space life sciences

Telemetric sensors for monitoring physiological changes in animal models in space are being developed by NASA´s Sensors 2000! program. The sensors measure a variety of physiological measurands, including temperature, biopotentials, pressure, flow, acceleration, and chemical levels, and transmit these signals from the animals to a remote receiver via a wireless link. Thus physiologic information can be obtained continuously and automatically without animal handling, tethers, or percutaneous leads. The authors report here on NASA´s development and testing of advanced wireless sensor systems for space life sciences research