Tag: electronic skin

A new wearable electronic device that’s “really wearable”

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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a wearable electronic device that’s “really wearable”–a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board that’s inspired by, and sticks onto, human skin. The team, led by Jianliang Xiao and Wei Zhang, describes its new “electronic skin” in a paper published today in the journal Science Advances. The device Read more about A new wearable electronic device that’s “really wearable”[…]

An ultrathin, artificial muscle for haptic robotics

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Researchers from KAIST have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics. The advancement, recently reported in the journal Science Robotics, was demonstrated with a robotic blooming flower brooch, dancing robotic butterflies and fluttering tree leaves on a kinetic art piece. The robotic equivalent of a muscle that can move is called an actuator. The actuator Read more about An ultrathin, artificial muscle for haptic robotics[…]

New formula to recreate different sensations of softness for haptic interfaces

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What factors affect how human touch perceives softness, like the feel of pressing your fingertip against a marshmallow, a piece of clay or a rubber ball? By exploring this question in detail, a team of engineers and psychologists at the University of California San Diego discovered clever tricks to design materials that replicate different levels Read more about New formula to recreate different sensations of softness for haptic interfaces[…]

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Functional e-skin

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CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable “electronic skin” that has applications ranging from robotics and prosthetic development to better biomedical devices. Electronic skin, known as e-skin, is a thin, translucent material that can mimic the function and mechanical properties of human skin. A number of different types Read more about Functional e-skin[…]

BioStamp® technology platform to deliver wearable sensors that flex, bend and stretch to match the properties of the human body

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MC10, Inc. unveiled the BioStamp Research Connect System (BioStampRC™), providing researchers with an end to end solution for seamlessly gathering physiological data. Flexible body-worn sensors enable study subjects to move comfortably through regular activities in clinical or remote settings, simultaneously reducing observation error and improving data capture. The BioStampRC system is the first fully-integrated solution that Read more about BioStamp® technology platform to deliver wearable sensors that flex, bend and stretch to match the properties of the human body[…]