Stanford Engineers Create Artificial ‘Skin’ Capable Of Relaying Pressure Sensations
- 9 years ago
A team of engineers at Stanford University has developed an artificial ‘skin’ that can interpret varying degrees of pressure and relay that information to the nervous system.
There are prosthetics that can mimic muscular movement, but creating one capable of replicating the sensations felt by human skin has proven difficult.
A team of engineers at Stanford University has developed an artificial ‘skin’ that can interpret varying degrees of pressure and relay that information to the nervous system.
The film is comprised of two plastic layers, with one acting as a sensor and the other a transport circuit.
Input detected by the material is translated into ‘biochemical stimuli’ that nerve cells understand.
Carbon nanotubes are behind much of the skin’s abilities, co
There are prosthetics that can mimic muscular movement, but creating one capable of replicating the sensations felt by human skin has proven difficult.
A team of engineers at Stanford University has developed an artificial ‘skin’ that can interpret varying degrees of pressure and relay that information to the nervous system.
The film is comprised of two plastic layers, with one acting as a sensor and the other a transport circuit.
Input detected by the material is translated into ‘biochemical stimuli’ that nerve cells understand.
Carbon nanotubes are behind much of the skin’s abilities, co