Apr 7, 2024
This virtual second skin allows parents to ‘touch’ their isolated sick children
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: biotech/medical
It reduces stress, boosts the immune system, and relieves pain. Touch is even crucial to our survival. Babies can die if they don’t get it. Additionally, the lack of it in a child’s‘life can stunt their growth in various ways.
Thus, scientists at Saarland University developed the smart textile with therapeutic and medicinal value in mind.
They claim that with this technology, seriously ill children in hospital isolation wards gain the chance to feel their parents’ closeness.