Artificial skin can't dodge the human touch.Byline: ANI London, Oct 9 (ANI): Artificial skin covering prosthetics pros·thet·ics n. The branch of medicine or surgery that deals with the production and application of artificial body parts. pros and humanoid robots might resemble real skin to the 'T', but when touched the difference is apparent. John-John Cabibihan at the National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered. and colleagues from Italy, Norway and France, have found that fake skin responds very differently to being touched. For the study, they subjected silicone or polyurethane fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. to a series of physical tests to explore how they stretch, deform and spring back into shape when compared to real fingertips, reports New Scientist. Their tests involved tapping the fingertip fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. on a surface, and deforming it with a probe. The results revealed that the two artificial materials, like real skin, can deform to closely match an outside force. The difference is that much more force is needed to achieve the same effect. In addition, the moment you probe artificial fingertips, they spring back into shape in a much more predictable manner than human skin does. The researchers have said that for a truly human feel, designers of artificial skin should start using similar experiments to inform their choice of materials and fingertip design. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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