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This virtual second skin is allowing ‘touch’ for isolated sick children | The smart textile made of silicon is as thin as a film and shows how powerful “sensitive” can get.

Scientists at Saarland University design a smart textile that delivers touch to sick children in isolation in hospitals.

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