Engineers Create Artificial Skin That "Feels" Temperature Changes

California Institute of Technology - Caltech

A team of engineers and scientists at Caltech and ETH Zürich have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes that could one day be grafted onto prosthetic limbs or applied to first-aid bandages to alert health professionals of infection in wounds.

Engineers Create Artificial Skin That "Feels" Temperature Changes | Caltech

Newly developed flexible artificial skin senses changes in temperature much the same way pit vipers sense nearby prey.

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