Solar Powered Synthetic Skin
“A new way of harnessing the sun’s rays to power synthetic skin could help to create advanced prosthetic limbs capable of returning the sense of touch to amputees.
Professor Ravinder Dahiya and colleagues from his Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies (BEST) group’s initial breakthrough was to develop a touch-sensitive covering for prosthetic hands made from graphene. Looking for a functional way to power this electronic skin, they drew upon graphene’s remarkable physical properties to use energy from the sun.
Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the group integrated power-generating photovoltaic cells into their electronic skin…”
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2018/07/solar-powered-synthetic-skin
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