The latest fashion is a type
of electronic skin (philm) which can be programmed at will to look like a celebrity or anything else.
Not exact matches
While Wang has already developed self - healing versions
of lithium - ion batteries, artificial muscles for use in the robotics industry,
electronic skins and soon a touch panel, he notes that his polymer has limited mechanical properties, lacking the necessary strength and impact resistance required by most consumer devices.
Electronic skin with an LED display can be used by athletes to show their heart rate — and could one day place a smartphone screen on the back
of your hand
In an earlier version
of their
electronic «
skin,» researchers in Rogers» group packed temperature sensors, light detectors and other components onto a rubbery sheet that could be applied like a temporary tattoo, bending and stretching without breaking.
The
electronic fingers mold to the shape
of the hand, and so far the researchers have shown that they can transmit electric signals to the
skin.
New types
of solar cells and flexible transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature sensors that could be built into
electronic skin for robotic or bionic applications.
For example, Yvon Le Maho, a physiologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research's Centre d'Ecologie et Physiologie Energétiques in Strasbourg, France, began using RFID tags,
electronic chips that are injected under the penguin's
skin instead
of bands.
«The self - healing sensor raises expectations that flexible devices might someday be self - administered, which increases their reliability,» explained co-developer Dr. Tan - Phat Huynh, also
of the Technion, whose work focuses on the development
of self - healing
electronic skin.
Future possible applications could include the creation
of «
electronic skin» and prosthetic limbs that allow wearers to «feel» changes in their environments.
Existing
electronic skins can sense temperature changes
of less than a tenth
of a degree Celsius across a 5 - degree temperature range.
A hypoallergenic
electronic sensor can be worn on the
skin continuously for a week without discomfort, and is so light and thin that users forget they even have it on, says a Japanese group
of scientists.
The new
skin can sense changes that are an order
of magnitude smaller and have a responsivity that is two orders
of magnitude larger than those
of other
electronic skins over a 45 - degree temperature range.
According to Netravali, the
skin will form an
electronic sensory system, consisting
of millions
of electronic measuring devices — thermostats, pressure gauges, pollution detectors, cameras, microphones.
In an intensive care unit, epidermal
electronic systems (electronics that adhere to the
skin like temporary tattoos) could allow health care staff to monitor patients remotely and wirelessly, increasing patient comfort by decreasing the customary tangle
of cables and wires.
Using a two - ply
of flexible, thin plastic, scientists have created novel
electronic sensors that send signals to the brain tissue
of mice that closely mimic the nerve messages
of touch sensors in human
skin.
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of this panel, assess the need for updated guidance documents for accelerated partial breast irradiation using
electronic brachytherapy.
A real - world application
of the technology could be in «
electronic tattoos» placed on the
skin to collect basic health information like heart rate or temperature.
A new kind
of stretchy «
electronic skin» (blue patch) is the first to be able to detect directional pressure.
Electronic skin, known as e-
skin, is a thin, translucent material that can mimic the function and mechanical properties
of human
skin.
University
of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new type
of malleable, self - healing and fully recyclable «
electronic skin» that has applications ranging from robotics and prosthetic development to better biomedical devices.
For the first time, scientists report the development
of a stretchable «
electronic skin» closely modeled after our own that can detect not just pressure, but also what direction it's coming from.
Ko's team decided to work on an
electronic skin based on the structure
of our own so it could «feel» in three dimensions.
Now, however, researchers in China have developed a new type
of user - interactive
electronic skin, with a colour change perceptible to the human eye, and achieved with a much - reduced level
of strain.
His team is now reporting a breakthrough in which it has integrated solar cells into a graphene - based
electronic skin, raising the possibility
of prosthetic limbs that are both sensitive to touch and entirely self - powered.
Over the last several years, scientists have invented an assortment
of electronic -
skin components.
A new
electronic skin can feel the raspy texture
of sandpaper, the beat
of someone's pulse and even heat.
Since then, biofeedback is often associated with the use
of electronic monitoring, such as EMG, EEG,
skin conductance and temperature.
«This is because
skin around the eyes is naturally thinner, but also because
of daily practices, like squinting when looking at phones or
electronic devices, constantly rubbing your eyes, and furrowing your brows when you're worried or thinking too hard,» Dr. Engelman says.
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Although some surfaces have the friction coefficient
of a banana
skin, the amazing winter Michelins, attentive suspension, and astute
electronic helpers bring about a surprise - free balance.
Other than the outer shell, the changes to the 2016 A6 are buried deep beneath the
skin, detailed
electronic upgrades
of the sort that wows the crowds that throng to consumer electronics shows.
Under the
skin, the X4 gets an uprated version
of the X3's suspension with firmer springs and dampers, standard variable rate electro - mechanical steering,
electronic torque vectoring and four wheel drive.
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This isn't the first time the concept
of color - changing
electronic skins has been tossed around, but Philips is a big name, and they have big plans that extend beyond your portable gadgets.
Roughly the size
of a grain
of rice, a microchip is an
electronic chip that is injected under the animal's
skin, typically between their shoulder blades.
All pets adopted from The Anti-Cruelty Society have a microchip, a small,
electronic chip about the size
of a grain
of rice, implanted under their
skin.
Microchipping involves placement
of a small
electronic chip the size and shape
of a piece
of rice just under the
skin in the neck area.
4) Microchip: It's an
electronic and hypoallergenic device, the size
of a grain
of rice which is inserted under your pet's
skin at the height
of their shoulder blades.
The cyborg Buckley wears jewelry consisting
of miniaturized
electronic instruments
of her own design, complimented by an array
of contact microphones attached to her
skin.
Scientists are reporting a breakthrough in which they have integrated solar cells into a graphene - based
electronic skin, raising the possibility
of prosthetic limbs that are both sensitive to touch and entirely self - powered.
Last but not least, the «courtyard
skin» uses an enclosure
of smart boxes so that oversight
of all
electronic control functions are in one place.
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