Second-Skin Controller Made from Squishy Hydrogel

Aug-14-16 A new stretchy hydrogel material lays upon the forearm to function as a sort of second-skin game and screen controller.

Developed by a team from Seoul National University, the squishy material is made from a hydrogel that has been embedded with salts that act as conductors. Electrodes on both ends of the hydrogel sheet create an electrostatic field that can be pressed upon to control the current flow. The different signals are transmitted to a controller that communicates the instructions to the computer.

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