Radio Waves Sensor Technology Could Put Electronic 'Touch' on Prosthetics
From: Medical Design Technology - 10/10/2014

Device is used to monitor brain pressure in lab mice as prelude to possible
use with human patients; future applications of this pressure-sensing
technology could lead to touch-sensitive 'skin' for prosthetic devices.

The underlying technology has such broad potential that it could one day be
used to create skin-like materials that can sense pressure, leading to
prosthetic devices with the electronic equivalent of a sense of touch.

"The device we invented here is extremely easy to manufacture and consumes no
energy until readings are being made," Stanford Chemical Engineering
Professor Zhenan Bao said. "In the short term we hope to use devices like
this to track packages and monitor health conditions. In the longer run we
dream of using this technology to create touch-sensitive lining for
prosthetic devices."

Read the entire article and view a video (1:58)
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/10/radio-waves-sensor-technology-could-put-electronic-%E2%80%98touch%E2%80%99-prosthetics

Links:
Bao Research Group
http://baogroup.stanford.edu/

Professor Zhenan Bao
http://baogroup.stanford.edu/index.php/zbao