Mobile phone covered with synthetic human skin
by Mark Frauenfelder from on (#4SX26)
Researchers at Telecom Paris have developed an artificial skin that responds to stroking, pinching, tapping, and tickling. To demonstrate it, they covered a mobile phone with the skin and showed how it could work as a back-of-the-device interface. The video also shows how the material can be used to give robots a skin that "feels" when it is touched.
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