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Smart Artificial Skin Holds Prosthetic Promise

New materials offer a big step toward adding a sense of touch to prosthetic limbs and other medical devices.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Researchers have long been interested in the technology of artificial skins. Although previous studies have introduced an assortment of electronic skin (e-skin) elements, none of them were able to detect both pressure and heat with a high degree of sensitivity, until now.   A Korean research team, affiliated with UNIST has developed a new form of e-skin that may share the capabilities that human skin has. Through this study, the team introduced human skin-inspired multimodal e-skins based on f...

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