{"id":192009,"date":"2024-06-28T18:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T23:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/soft-stretchy-electrode-simulates-touch-sensations-using-electrical-signals"},"modified":"2024-06-28T18:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T23:22:23","slug":"soft-stretchy-electrode-simulates-touch-sensations-using-electrical-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/soft-stretchy-electrode-simulates-touch-sensations-using-electrical-signals","title":{"rendered":"Soft, stretchy electrode simulates touch sensations using electrical signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/soft-stretchy-electrode-simulates-touch-sensations-using-electrical-signals.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device, reported in a paper published in Science Robotics (\u201cConductive block copolymer elastomers and psychophysical thresholding for accurate haptic effects\u201d), represents a step towards creating haptic technologies that can reproduce a more varied and realistic range of touch sensations.<\/p>\n<p>The device consists of a soft, stretchable electrode attached to a silicone patch. It can be worn like a sticker on either the fingertip or forearm. The electrode, in direct contact with the skin, is connected to an external power source via wires. By sending a mild electrical current through the skin, the device can produce sensations of either pressure or vibration depending on the signal\u2019s frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Soft, stretchable electrode recreates sensations of vibration or pressure on the skin through electrical stimulation. (Image: Liezel Labios, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device, reported in a paper published in Science Robotics (\u201cConductive block copolymer elastomers and psychophysical thresholding for accurate haptic effects\u201d), represents [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}