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    Scientists develop artificial skin that can feel pain
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 31

    Scientists develop artificial skin that can feel pain

    Researchers developed an SPS-enabled artificial skin which mimicks human skin for pain perception and sensitivity to touch.
    Artificial skin could give robots a sense of touch similar to humans
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 4

    Artificial skin could give robots a sense of touch similar to humans

    One of many special human qualities is the ability to handle objects with skill and precision. This is all down to our sense of touch.
    Electronic skin that can feel in real time just like humans do
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 26

    Electronic skin that can feel in real time just like humans do

    It is paramount for electric skin – being developed for artificial skin – to be capable of reacting to the external environment in real time
    Gamechanging armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 14

    Gamechanging armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’

    Researchers design first-of-its-kind multichannel soft robotic armband that conveys artificial sensations of touch.
    Scientists are developing interactive holograms you can touch and feel
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 6

    Scientists are developing interactive holograms you can touch and feel

    An immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact with and even touch may soon be here.
    Harvard researchers unravel the mystery of touch and why some body parts are so sensitive
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 13, 2021

    Harvard researchers unravel the mystery of touch and why some body parts are so sensitive

    Harvard researchers have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why certain body parts are so sensitive.
    Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 21, 2021

    Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them

    MIT researchers have developed a new method to 3D print mechanisms that detect how force is being applied to an object.
    Researchers are developing interactive holograms you can touch and feel
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 20, 2021

    Researchers are developing interactive holograms you can touch and feel

    Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a complete environment that you could interact with and touch.
    Cut your finger and lost your sense of touch? There's hope yet
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 14, 2021

    Cut your finger and lost your sense of touch? There's hope yet

    Tel Aviv University's new and groundbreaking technology inspires hope among people that lost their sense of touch in the nerves of a limb

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