We all want great skin. Not just because glowing, clear skin looks amazing, but because it feels amazing as well. Who doesn’t love the feeling of super soft skin beneath their fingertips? It is often thought that great skin is ...

Electronic fingertips – first step on the way to true VR glove (credit: John Rogers/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers created an artificial second skin which includes flexible sensors and circuits that can be put on fingertips and artificially create ...

"Gecko Skin" Uguard iPhone cover A new iPhone cover is using a special material that allows the device to be attached to smooth surfaces in a similar way to that used by gecko when climbing walls. Lizards are amazing animals. ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Institute has recently announced the completion of artificial skin produced in a fully automated process. Such a product could benefit pharmacologists, chemists, and doctors, who often have an urgent need for “skin ...

European researchers have collaborated to develop artificial skin for robots. The purpose of the project is to help investigate the manner in which robots can help children with autism learn about social interaction. This is the first time that such ...

Does seeing through skin cells sound like crazy science fiction to you? Think again. Professor Leonid Yaroslavsky, a researcher from Tel Aviv University, Israel, thinks that humans have an ability to see through their skin. This discovery may lead to ...

HP and Crospon have developed a skin patch which uses microneedles that barely penetrate the skin. The microneedles can replace conventional injections and deliver drugs through the skin without causing any pain. The skin patch technology also enables delivery of ...