The power of “e” is unstoppable, electrifying
everything it touches from email to e-commerce, e-cards to e-skin.Wait! What?
Yes, you read it right. Even the skin is now going digital, turning itself
into a screen so you don’t have to go around carrying heavy devices.
E-skin is actually not new. Similar technologies like the smart patches and self-healing electronic skins have been developed in the past, but this e-skin designed by Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo is the thinnest one yet at 3 micrometers thin.
This e-skin turns the wearer’s skin—ideally the back of the hand—into a digital display. Much like a cellophane wrap, it is flexible enough not to break even when flexed or stretched. Thanks to the embedded minuscule LED lights, this e-skin uses less power and can last for days. Right now, the flexible sheet uses a sevensegment LED to display a single character. Someya and his team are working on a display that can show more information.
Someya claims the e-skins will prove useful in the medical industry as it has already been used to display a patient’s vitals. The e-skin can also be used by athletes in training, and workers who need to consult building plans and diagrams without having to carry heavy tablets.
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