Engineers Create Artificial Skin That “Feels” Temperature Changes
From: Medcial Design Technology - 01/30/2017

A team of engineers and scientists at Caltech and ETH Zurich have developed
an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism
similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their
prey.

The material could be grafted onto prosthetic limbs to restore temperature
sensing in amputees. It could also be applied to first-aid bandages to alert
health professionals of a temperature increase - a sign of infection - in
wounds.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/01/engineers-create-artificial-skin-feels-temperature-changes

View a video (3:20) at:
https://youtu.be/896aIpFc0yI

Links:
Biomimetic temperature-sensing layer for artificial skins
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/73994

Chiara Daraio
http://eas.caltech.edu/people/3338/profile