Self-Healing Plastic Skin – Is It Better Than The Real Thing?
FEB 26, 2013
Engineers create the first synthetic material that is both sensitive to touch and capable of healing itself.
Self-Healing Plastic Skin -- Is It Better Than The Real Thing?
Get Inside the Science:
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Inside Science Buzzwords:
- Prosthetic - A device that replaces a missing body part.
- Polymer - A chemical compound formed by smaller identical molecules that link together.
- Feel - To perceive from a physical stimulus.
