Revolutionary E-Skin Mimics Human Touch and Communicates with Brain

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a soft and stretchable e-skin that can convert sensations such as heat and pressure to electrical signals that can be read by electrodes implanted in the human brain. The development holds promise for more natural interaction between AI-based prosthetic limbs and the brain, and for constructing robots that can "feel" human sensations such as pain, pressure, and temperature. The e-skin runs on just 5 volts and can detect stimuli similar to real skin, providing electrical performance comparable to that of poly-silicon transistors.