Good news for burn victims, artificial skin could help them 'feel'
The skin`s ability to perceive pressure, heat, cold, and vibration is a critical safety function that most people take for granted, says study.
Jan 29, 2019, 12:18 PM IST
This heat-sensitive artificial skin may help amputees sense temperature again
While fabricating synthetic woods in a petri dish, the team led by California Institute of Technology's Chiara Daraio created a material that exhibited an electrical response to temperature changes in the laboratory.
Jan 31, 2017, 09:02 AM IST
Artificial functional skin may help burn victims
Once the tissue had differentiated, the scientists transplanted them out of those mice and into the skin tissue of other mice, where the tissues developed normally as integumentary tissue - the tissue between the outer and inner skin that is responsible for much of the function of the skin in terms of hair shaft eruption and fat excretion.
Apr 02, 2016, 17:44 PM IST
Stretchable electronic films could revolutionise wearable devices
The new films that are almost as flexible as rubber could be used in artificial skin, connected clothing and on-body sensors.
Mar 01, 2016, 22:45 PM IST
Paper-based multifunctional artificial skin could transform medicine, robotics
The flexible, paper-based skin is layered onto a post-it note, with paper, aluminium foil, lint-free wipes, and pencil lines acting as sensing components.
Feb 22, 2016, 11:10 AM IST
Artificial skin to give people with prosthetics sense of touch
Researchers have developed a new artificial skin that can 'feel' similar to the way a fingertip senses pressure, and may help people perceive sensation in their prosthetic limbs.
Nov 09, 2015, 18:37 PM IST
Scientists create artificial 'skin' that could feel sensation
This is the first time a flexible, skin-like material has been able to detect pressure and also transmit a signal to a component of the nervous system.
Oct 16, 2015, 08:43 AM IST
