A Supersensitive Synthetic Skin

Post date: 26-Sep-2010 05:34:30

Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, have separately come up with designs for pressure-sensitive artificial skin that will give artificial limbs the sense of touch. The Berkeley design uses an array of germanium-silicon nanowire transistors printed onto a polymer sheet. They respond to changes in the conductivity of a separate pressure-sensitive rubber layer. Both schools' designs offer sensitivity on a par with human skin.

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