Scientists have developed artificial skin that can feel pain

Scientists from the Royal University of Technology of Melbourne have developed an electronic artificial skin that can respond to pain like a human, writes Tech Xplore.

The device simulates almost instantaneous body feedback and can respond to painful sensations at the same rate as nerve signals enter the human brain.

Until now, no technology has been created that could realistically reproduce the feeling of pain familiar to everyone”, – said the study’s lead author, Professor Madhu Bhaskaran. – Our invention responds instantly when ambient pressure or temperature reaches the pain threshold.

According to experts, e-skin is able to sense the difference between stimuli and respond accordingly even to a light touch of a finger on a pin.

The new technology can be used to create bionic prostheses, intelligent robotics, and will also become necessary in the field of non-invasive methods of skin transplantation, scientists say.