For years Ravinder Dahiya has been developing thin and flexible electronics, the kind that could be used for Synthetic Skin, and for years the material scientist has wrestled with various obstacles. These include making sensors that are small enough and electronics that can bend enough, not to mention how such things could be powered. His team is now reporting a breakthrough in which it has integrated solar cells into a graphene-based electronic skin, raising the possibility of prosthetic limbs that are both sensitive to touch and entirely self-powered.
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Category: Materials
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- University of Glasgow
- Prosthetics
- Graphene
- Solar Powered
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