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'Electronic skin' could replace bulky electrodes

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Wearable sensor could help monitor health, amplify speech or control prosthetics.

'Electronic skin' has been developed that records heartbeats, brain activity and muscle contractions as accurately as bulky conventional electrodes, yet is no thicker than a human hair.

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  1. Kim, D.-H. et al., Science 333, 838-843 (2011).

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Yong, E. 'Electronic skin' could replace bulky electrodes. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.473

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