Researchers at RMIT University have developed a new electronic artificial skin that can react to pain just like real skin. The artificial skin opens the door for improved prosthetics, smarter robotics, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. Researchers say that the prototype device can electronically replicate the way human skin senses pain.
It mimics the near-instant feedback response that humans have with the ability to react to painful sensations with the same fast speed that nerve signals can use when sending signals to the brain. Pain is an essential method that humans use to help avoid damage that could potentially lead to death. Skin is the largest sensory organ of the human body, and humans sense things all the time through the skin, the pain response that only kicks in at a certain point.
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