The document discusses emerging trends in point-of-care biomedical sensors at the interface of information and communication technologies, materials science, and biology. It describes various global megatrends influencing health and welfare issues and the developmental risk transition from traditional to modern lifestyle risks. Various biomedical sensor principles, formats, and transducers are presented including microfabricated, magnetic acoustic resonance, holographic, and breath analysis sensors for applications such as diabetic monitoring and whole cell analysis. Convergence across multiple scientific fields is needed to develop advanced wearable and mobile sensor systems.