![]() ![]() Speaking to CNN, Tee alludes to engineering the skin to self-heal, and shortening the time it takes for an electronic skin to react to a stimulus. He’s pursued polymer hydrogels for energy storage, stretchable electronics and received a patent for self-healing composites used in batteries. He coauthored In 2010 a much-cited paper on flexible pressure sensors in microstructured rubber and, in 2011, one on skin-like sensors made of carbon nanotubes. Tee makes a conservative estimate that his research into electronic skin for prosthetic arms will be public in early 2019.Īs for the skin itself, there are plenty of clues in Tee’s past publications. Tee describes recreating skin as a “multidisciplinary problem,” and he and his team at the TEE Research Group are poised to show the world what he describes as “the most advanced electronic skin.”įull details are yet to be released, but further information is expected in the coming months. “I’ve spent a decade actually thinking about this problem,” he says. Engineering an electronic substitute for skin is the next frontier of prosthetics, and it’s where Tee has piled his considerable expertise. Its self-healing abilities add a brilliant, if complicated extra dimension. Skin, the body’s largest organ, plays a large part in how we react to objects, sensing texture, temperature and so forth. “You talk to patients or people that have unfortunately lost their hands,” Tee says, “when they use a normal prosthetic they are unable to feel, and this really affects their daily activities.” But creating lifelike limbs, hands and feet that act like our own is an ongoing challenge. Today’s prosthetics are compact, versatile and dexterous – even cheap – in ways previous generations could only imagine. “I ended up doing what the scene was trying to create,” he says. Tee, now 35, is the president’s assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, specializing in biotechnology and the interface between humansw and machines. ![]() You can probably see where this is going. “This is something that today’s prosthetic hands are unable to achieve yet.” “The scene stuck in my head for so many years,” he adds. “The hand had complete sensation,” Tee recalls, “when the robot (assistant) pokes it he is able to react.” It looked like a human hand from the outside, fleshy and creased, but was powered from within by tiny pistons and circuit boards. She's trying to prevent a space debris catastrophe ![]()
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