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Soft Sensors Map Skin Mechanics
MTorrice writes: An international research team has built electronic, flexible patches that can measure the mechanical properties of skin and other biological tissue. The sensors consist of nanoribbons of a piezoelectric material, lead zirconate titanate, which deforms when jolted with electrical energy and, conversely, produces electricity when it's deformed. The researchers mapped the skin elasticity of dozens of patients in the clinic, building up quantitative data on healthy and damaged tissue. The information could help doctors better assess conditions such as dermatitis and skin cancer. The team believes that similar sensors could be implanted inside the body to monitor blood vessels and other soft tissue for damage or dysfunction.
Hurray for lead... zirconate titanate!
And we thought lead was bad for the body. Now excuse me, I got some paint chips to eat.
The description, aside from the particular material, seems to describe a strain gauge which is hardly new.
We must put all stories in the light and with respect to their affects of Lesbian gay and transgender issues. Also how will this affect the phlight of the urban black youth. It disgusts me how you racists narrowly see the world through the lense of your white Eurocentric imperialism. I bet there is hardly any mention of latinos in your so called sensor research. How about sensing your own Eurpean bias. Can they sense that. Have you done studies on how theses sensors will affect the unique skin characteristics of African Americans. Probably not. Fucking Racist Faggots. I demand you all kill yourselves today, to protect the earth from your poinsonous carbon emmisions.
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