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Pain-sensing electronic silicone skin paves the way for smart prosthetics and skin grafts

  • Written by Madhu Bhaskaran, Professor, Electronic and Communications Engineering, RMIT University
Pain-sensing electronic silicone skin paves the way for smart prosthetics and skin graftsElla Maru Studio, Author provided

Skin is our largest organ, made up of complex sensors constantly monitoring for anything that might cause us pain. Our new technology replicates that – electronically.

The electronic artificial skin we’ve developed reacts to pain stimuli just like real skin, and paves the way for better prosthetics,...

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