Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Magnetic sense for humans? Electronic skin with magneto-sensory system enables 'sixth sense'

Scientists from Germany and Japan have developed a new magnetic sensor, which is thin, robust and pliable enough to be smoothly adapted to human skin, even to the most flexible part of the human palm. The achievement suggests it may be possible to equip humans with magnetic sense.




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2 comments:

  1. Hi Sebastian, thanks for sharing. What can this technology be used for and what limitations does it have?

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  2. Are there any side effects to the use of this technology? What are the capabilities of this? Would this enable blind people to have another sense aiding them in understanding their surroundings?

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