A new smart synthetic skin that can repair itself in less than a second like the cyborg in Terminator has been developed. The electronic skin, or e-skin, is just as strong, stretchy and sensitive as human skin and could be used to monitor a person's health or the structural condition of an airplane, say scientists.
While it is not the first time scientists have tried to 'electronically' replicate human skin, previous attempts have fallen short.
This e-skin prototype can sense objects from up to eight inches away, react to things in under one tenth of a second and repair itself more than 5,000 times, according to the researchers.
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