Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

by | September 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech

As we’ve written before, adding the sense of touch to prosthetic hands is essential to provide the feedback that the wearer needs to make natural use of the device. Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have come up with a novel approach for a...
3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

by | September 23, 2015 | Medical

Nerve injuries are incredibly difficult to repair. Regrowth of nerve tissue is complex, and getting the right connections made makes recovery from injury or disease very rare. Researchers may have come up with an approach to solve this problem. Scientists used a...
Prosthetic Hand Restores Sense of Touch [video]

Prosthetic Hand Restores Sense of Touch [video]

by | November 13, 2014 | Medical

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a system that allows a patient to feel objects in his prosthetic hand. In partnership with the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dustin Pyler leads a seven-member team that is working...