Health
New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin – Advanced Science News
Prototype device electronically replicates the way human skin senses pain.
Image credit: RMIT University
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.
The prototype device developed by a team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, can electronically replicate the way human skin senses pain. The device mimics the body’s near-instant feedback response and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed …
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