Category: touch

Researchers create an artificial skin that makes your phone ticklish

Post author By Randall
Post date October 22, 2019
Categories In artificial skin, Design, devices, feel, gear, membrane, Mobile, Robots, sense, skin, skin-on, Tech, tickling, tomorrow, touch, Wearables

[ad_1] Researchers in Bristol, UK and Paris, France have developed an artificial, skin-like membrane that mimics human skin not only in appearance, but in its sensing capabilities. Via a hypodermis layer, an electrode layer of conductive threads and a textured surface layer, the membrane is able to “feel” a variety of gestures and interactions, such […]

New prosthetic legs let amputees feel their foot and knee in real-time

Post author By Randall
Post date September 9, 2019
Categories In amputee, bluetooth, electrical stimulation, electrodes, eth zurich, feedback, gear, leg, medicine, nerve, neural, ossur, prosthesis, prosthetic, Robots, sensors, sensory, stimulation, Tech, tomorrow, touch

[ad_1] The researchers worked with two patients with above-the-knee, or transfemoral, amputations. They used an Össur prosthetic leg, which comes with a microprocessor and an angle sensor in the knee joint, IEEE Spectrum explains. The team then added an insole with seven sensors to the foot. Those sensors transmit signals in real-time, via Bluetooth to […]