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Scientists invent "slime" – could be used in medical, energy, robot applications
Material made from natural ingredients generates electricity when squeezed.
When the team studied their prototype using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan, they discovered the material has an array of potential applications. In theory, says lead researcher Erica Pensini, their material could even be used as the basis for a synthetic skin to train robots to know how much pressure to use when checking the pulse of a patient. Pensini, Erica, Peter Meszaros, Nour Kashlan, Alejandro G. Marangoni, Stefano Gregori, Saeed Mirzaee Ghazani, Joshua van der Zalm, and Aicheng Chen.
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