Skin-integrated systems for power efficient, programmable thermal sensations across large body areas.

ABSTRACT: Thermal sensations contribute to our ability to perceive and explore the physical world. Reproducing these sensations in a spatiotemporally programmable manner through wireless computer control could enhance virtual experiences beyond those supported by video, audio and, increasingly, haptic inputs. Flexible, lightweight and thin devices that deliver patterns of thermal stimulation across large areas of the skin at any location of the body are of great interest in this context. Applications range from those in gaming and remote socioemotional communications, to medical therapies and physical rehabilitation. Here, we present a set of ideas that form the foundations of a skin-integrated technology for power-efficient generation of thermal sensations across the skin, with real-time, closed-lo

SUBMITTER: Park M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9963740 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature