The Electronic skins (e-skins) they are not new to the world of information technology, they are electronic materials that are like human skin with far more qualities.
Some of them are to change colors and act as portable screens or have heating capabilities with thermal control.
Korean researchers have succeeded in adding the "smell" capability along with human touch detection.
There have been many previous attempts to build e-skin which is as close as possible to a human organ, however, this news planning brings ever closer the efforts to achieve this goal.
The researchers at Global Frontier Program of MSIP, have come up with an "odor" e-skin, which senses touch as well as smell. This e-skin was created with mechanical properties of nanocomposites and can simultaneously detect biological and tactile stimuli, just like human skin.
This new development, not only can help robots have a flexible electronic skin like humans, but they can also smell things around them and perceive tactile stimuli just like humans.
From then on, it can also help in the development of medical applications, which will be extremely useful when it comes to skin grafts in the event of an accident or burns.
Source: thegreeksenergy.com, whowired.com