'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications...
View ArticleEngineers make artificial skin out of nanowires
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic material from semiconductor nanowires that could one day give new meaning to the term "thin-skinned."...
View ArticleNew artificial skin could make prosthetic limbs and robots more sensitive
The light, tickling tread of a pesky fly landing on your face may strike most of us as one of the most aggravating of life's small annoyances. (2010-09-14)
View ArticleNew Path to Flex and Stretch Electronics
Imprinting electronic circuitry on backplanes that are both flexible and stretchable promises to revolutionize a number of industries and make "smart devices" nearly ubiquitous. (2011-12-14)
View ArticleStanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. (2013-05-16)
View ArticlePaper-thin e-skin responds to touch by lighting up
A new milestone by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally. (2013-07-22)
View ArticleScientists invent self-healing battery electrode
Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars,...
View ArticleEnergy device for flexible electronics packs a lot of power
While flexible gadgets such as "electronic skin" and roll-up touch screens are moving ever closer to reality, their would-be power sources are either too wimpy or too stiff. (2014-05-07)
View ArticleOn the frontiers of cyborg science
No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. (2014-08-11)
View Article'Electronic skin' could improve early breast cancer detection
For detecting cancer, manual breast exams seem low-tech compared to other methods such as MRI. But scientists are now developing an "electronic skin" that "feels" and images small lumps that fingers...
View ArticleNew 'electronic skin' for prosthetics, robotics detects pressure from...
Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. (2014-12-11)
View ArticleBreakthrough graphene production could trigger revolution in artificial skin...
A pioneering new technique to produce high-quality, low cost graphene could pave the way for the development of the first truly flexible 'electronic skin', that could be used in robots. (2015-06-29)
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