This is something you wish nobody would ever need. Still it’s a great invention, just in case. Korean researchers have developed a new type of prosthetic limb that is capable of feeling temperature, humidity, pressure, and strain. The new limbs are wrapped in a “smart” skin that is covered in embedded micro sensors. On top of the micro sensors is a layer of silicon that is soft and elastic like human skin so it is not as easy to tell that the limbs are robotic.
Smart skin to cover prosthetic limbs can “feel”
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