by Bruce Brown | March 22, 2021 | Enabling Tech
There’s no shortage of potential applications for artificial skin, including rehabilitation, exoskeletal surfaces, and monitoring chronic diseases. There are also plenty of challenges. Ideally, artificial skin needs to be lightweight, flexible and stretchable,...
by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Ongoing work with touch-sensitive artificial skin at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has great promise for gaming, training, and medical rehabilitation. Scientists at the French technology education and research institution recently published their...
by Jim Ware | November 17, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Scientists have created electronic robot skins that can detect a puff of air. But whack that same robot with a 2-by-4 and the skin reacts the same as if it were a gentle breeze. That’s a problem because robots or prostheses wearers need to know when a touch is...
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by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
When we wonder if we’re running a fever, most of us take our temperature with a traditional or digital thermometer. More precise measurement can be hugely significant in detecting or predicting health issues in clinical settings. Studies at the Washington...
