{"id":96795,"date":"2017-04-04T18:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96795"},"modified":"2017-04-04T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T22:31:24","slug":"scientists-develop-artificial-skin-with-sensitivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/04\/scientists-develop-artificial-skin-with-sensitivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop artificial skin with sensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96796\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2164733063_0f31dd1ef6_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96796\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2164733063_0f31dd1ef6_z.jpg\" alt=\"The new artificial &quot;ionic mechanotransducer skin&quot; has unprecedented sensitivity over a wide spectrum of pressures, which can lead to a breakthrough in the soft robotics sector, officials said. (Photo: Quinn Dombrowski\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2164733063_0f31dd1ef6_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2164733063_0f31dd1ef6_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new artificial &#8220;ionic mechanotransducer skin&#8221; has unprecedented sensitivity over a wide spectrum of pressures, which can lead to a breakthrough in the soft robotics sector, officials said. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quinnanya\">Quinn Dombrowski\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SEOUL\u2013A group of South Korean scientists has developed an artificial skin with sensitivity, South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency quoted the science ministry as saying Tuesday, a development that could be a boon to a variety of robots and products in numerous fields.<\/p>\n<p>The team led by Kim Do-hwan at Soongsil University and Jung Hee-tae at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) co-developed the stretchable yet ultrasensitive artificial skin, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said.<\/p>\n<p>It said scientists developed the artificial skin by examining the skin of mammals.<\/p>\n<p>The skin was inspired by the so-called &#8220;Piezo2&#8221; protein that is found inside of Merkel cells on the top layer of the skin of animals, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists copied the physiological tactile sensing mechanism of the protein.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This capability enables voice identification, health monitoring, daily pressure measurements, and even measurements of a heavyweight beyond the capabilities of human skin,&#8221; the researchers said in a paper.<\/p>\n<p>The new artificial &#8220;ionic mechanotransducer skin&#8221; has unprecedented sensitivity over a wide spectrum of pressures, which can lead to a breakthrough in the soft robotics sector, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Soft robotics is a sub-field of robotics that deals with nonrigid robots constructed with soft and deformable materials like rubber and silicon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect this findings to be applied to various sectors including surgical soft robotics and a health care system that desperately needs tactile interfaces between humans, robots and the environment, as well as a variety of industrial sectors such as search and rescue,&#8221; said Kim.<\/p>\n<p>The research was funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and their findings were published in the latest edition of the journal &#8220;Advanced Materials.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL\u2013A group of South Korean scientists has developed an artificial skin with sensitivity, South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency quoted the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":96796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9094,5742],"tags":[17480,15471],"class_list":["post-96795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-human-interest","category-science-2","tag-artificial-skin","tag-scientist","mauthors-bernama","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}