New materials are designed to mimic the sensing capabilities of human fingertips.
UNIST e-skin
A strip of the e-skin placed on a person’s wrist, letting the researchers simultaneously measure skin temperature and blood pressure. (Photo courtesy of UNIST)
UNIST Team
Prof. Hyunhyub Ko (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) and his team have created a skin-like material that can detect pressure, temperature, texture, and sound. From left are Youngoh Lee, Jonghwa Park, and Prof. Ko.
UNIST diagram
This figure demonstrates a comparison between the human fingertips and the human-skin-inspired multi-functional e-skin. (Photo courtesy of UNIST)