New electronic skin will give people superpowers
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Very often in sci-Fi movies we can see how scientists using high technology can create things that give people superpowers. And it may sound like something incredible, but a group of researchers from Germany really could do something like that. True to the abilities of Tony stark's experts so far away, but here to give you the ability to easily navigate the terrain in the absence of smartphones and in General any other navigation devices available today. And all this thanks to the special electronic skin.
With the development are researchers from the center of the Helmholtz Dresden-Rossendorf and they his invention called the "bionic analogue compass." He is a silver polymer with a thickness of only one-thousandth of a millimeter and is able to detect the Earth's magnetic field. As said the study's lead author Gilbert Santiago Canyon Bermudez,
"Film is equipped with sensors, sensitive to a magnetic field. We are talking about 40 to 60 microtesla, that is 1000 times weaker than the magnetic field of a typical magnet on your fridge. Previously, these sensors required a connection to the external magnets. At this time, the sensors allow the wearer to constantly determine its orientation in space. And if the media changes its position, the sensors can record."
The device works due to the anisotropic magnetoresistive effect (AMR), which means, as explained by the authors that the electrical resistance of layers of the polymer changes depending on their orientation with respect to the external magnetic field.
During a series of experiments, the technology has shown its effectiveness. The electronic skin is attached to the finger test and he's in open space had to follow a certain route. In General, he had to go first North, then West, South, and going East to return to the starting point. The route was not a "square", and were winding and had to focus only on sensor readings. The subject coped with the task.
"This experience shows that we were able to develop the first soft and ultrathin portable sensor that can replace the functions of the compass and to give people the sensitivity to the definition of magnetic fields."
Such a "topographic superpower" can be useful not only in traveling but also in medical practice for patients suffering from disorientation in space.
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