Future robots could 'see' using new type of electronic skin
A new form of flexible photodetector could provide future robots with an electronic skin capable of "seeing" light beyond the range of human vision.
Jul 13, 2022
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Engineering
Electrospinning promises major improvements in wearable technology
Wearable technology has exploded in recent years. Spurred by advances in flexible sensors, transistors, energy storage, and harvesting devices, wearables encompass miniaturized electronic devices worn directly on the human ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Geometrically engineered rigid island array for stretchable electronics
Stretchable electronics can be developed by integrating rigid components in a soft polymer matrix. However, it is challenging to eliminate cracks at the interface between soft and rigid materials. In a new report now published ...
Robotics
Artificial skin capable of feeling pain could lead to new generation of touch-sensitive robots
An electronic skin which can learn from feeling "pain" could help create a new generation of smart robots with human-like sensitivity.
Jun 1, 2022
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Flexible skin patch provides haptic feedback from a human operator to a remotely operated robot
A team of researchers from City University of Hong Kong, Dalian University of Technology, Tsinghua University and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has developed a flexible skin patch that can provide ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
New fibers can make breath-regulating garments
A new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into clothing that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate tactile feedback in the form of pressure, lateral ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Sweat-proof 'smart skin' takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals
MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof "electronic skin"—a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that monitors a person's health without malfunctioning or peeling away, even when a ...
Jun 30, 2021
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Researchers review advancements in the development of stretchable transistors
Over the past few decades, researchers have been trying to develop electronic components that are increasingly flexible and skin-like, as these could enable the fabrication of new wearable and implantable devices. Transistors, ...
Engineering
Electronic transfer tattoo with a crease amplification effect
Electronic tattoos can have applications during health and movement sensing on human skin. Nevertheless, the existing versions are nonconformal, sticky and multi-layered. In a new report, Lixue Tang and a research team in ...
Engineering
Electronic skin has a strong future stretching ahead
A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real time. Electronic skin, or e-skin, may play an important role in next-generation prosthetics, personalized ...
Nov 27, 2020
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