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E-Skin Lights Up at a Touch

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BERKELEY, Calif., July 22, 2013 — A user-interactive sensor network on flexible plastic could help robots become more touchy-feely, literally, enabling a new form of human-machine interaction. The electronic skin, or e-skin, developed at the University of California, Berkeley, responds to touch by instantly lighting up. The more intense the pressure, the brighter the light it emits. “We are not just making devices; we are building systems,” said lead researcher Ali Javey, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley and a faculty scientist at the Lawrence...Read full article

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    Published: July 2013
    Ali JaveyOLEDsflexible displaysAmericasCaliforniaChuan WangConsumerDARPAdashboard laminatesDepartment of EnergyDisplayse-skine-skin sensorselectronic skinImagingLight SourcesResearch & Technologysensor networkSensors & Detectorstouch-screen displayUniversity of California BerkeleyUniversity of Michigan

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