3D-printed ‘bionic skin’ could give robots and prosthetics the sense of touch

“Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a process for 3D-printing stretchable, flexible, and sensitive electronic sensory devices that could give robots or prosthetic hands — or even real skin — the ability to mechanically sense their environment…”

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http://www.kurzweilai.net/3d-printed-bionic-skin-could-give-robots-and-prosthetics-the-sense-of-touch