For years engineers and scientist have been working to develop an efficient prosthetic. A prosthetic that is cheap, efficient, and mobile is the goal. These limbs can restore a person’s ability to write, walk, or even something as basic has holding a can of soda. One thing that would really enhance the ability of a prosthetic is for it to be able to restore a person’s sense of touch and feeling. Neutrally controlled prosthetic devices can vastly improve quality of life for amputees and paralyzed patients, by helping them to move and regain at least some of their independence. Ultimately, though, researchers hope to develop devise that provide sensory feedback to the user. It would allow for more accurate control of the artificial limb into
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It took years to get close to even perfecting. She and fellow co-workers were finally able to create an artificial skin that has an ability to flex and heal just like actual skin. She did this by connecting micro structured resistive pressure sensors, flexible printed organic electronic circuits, and nerve cells containing light activated ion channels. The pressure sensors are made out of carbon nanotube-elastomer composite shaped into micro pyramidal structures that are covered on top of a surface. The sensors will respond according to programed pressure. Bao in the past had made very similar capacitive sensors, but these new sensors are better at detecting the range of pressures sensed by human …show more content…
Especially when it comes to health safety requirements. When you are designing and building you constantly have to make sure you are not making any possible violations while staying within the requirements. Such as the chance of catching an infection. Once the skin catches an infection it can go downhill really fast. The only way to fix this problem is to ensure that the skin has active blood vessels. Without the presence of blood vessels bacteria can continue to grow and spread the infection and destroy the skin. Though it can take about a week or maybe even two for blood vessels to carry the immune system
It took years to get close to even perfecting. She and fellow co-workers were finally able to create an artificial skin that has an ability to flex and heal just like actual skin. She did this by connecting micro structured resistive pressure sensors, flexible printed organic electronic circuits, and nerve cells containing light activated ion channels. The pressure sensors are made out of carbon nanotube-elastomer composite shaped into micro pyramidal structures that are covered on top of a surface. The sensors will respond according to programed pressure. Bao in the past had made very similar capacitive sensors, but these new sensors are better at detecting the range of pressures sensed by human …show more content…
Especially when it comes to health safety requirements. When you are designing and building you constantly have to make sure you are not making any possible violations while staying within the requirements. Such as the chance of catching an infection. Once the skin catches an infection it can go downhill really fast. The only way to fix this problem is to ensure that the skin has active blood vessels. Without the presence of blood vessels bacteria can continue to grow and spread the infection and destroy the skin. Though it can take about a week or maybe even two for blood vessels to carry the immune system