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This research shows a smart bandage with wireless features to monitor motion and temperature, while using a no-battery NFC chip. Rather than common parts, the sensors are built from a conducting polymer named PEDOT: PSS. A section contains micro-channels in flexible PDMS rubber, loaded with this fluid material to detect bending. If pulled only 10% longer, its electric resistance rises nearly x times more than usual. This results in a quick reaction - almost instant - so it picks up tiny shifts right away. Not only does it detect stretching, but also handles far more strain than human skin or the chest endures during breaths. Beyond testing stretch alone, researchers looked at bending too, spotting clear electrical signals with each degree change. What’s more, it showed close to 12,000% resistance rise per single percent stretched. On top of that, a temperature-sensitive resistor built on PVC saw its resistance fall by about 60% when warmed, responding sharply - nearly per degree Celsius. To test actual use, one sensor along with an NFC chip was stuck on bandages - making them act like wearable smart patches. They work without wires when near a phone, pulling data smoothly from up to 25 mm distance through an app that runs the system. We prove such a patch might support medical needs - tracking healing cuts or lung problems like asthma, also virus- related conditions such as COVID-19. Here, sensing motion via flexible trackers together with temperature tools on body-worn gear makes a big difference