Heat-sensitive artificial skin mimics viper organ

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30-Jan-2017

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Artificial skin can sense temperature changes.

Could enable amputees to sense heat via prosthetics.

Uses a thin film of water and pectin just 20 micrometres thick.

It can detect changes of less than a tenth of a degree.

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California Institute of Technology, private research university

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics at Caltech.

Public research university for technology and science

Prostheses