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Adhesive Skin Display Updated in April 2018
Research group led by Professor Takao Someya, University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Engineering), developed a vwin德赢ac米兰官方网in, stretchable tight-fitting “skin display” vwin德赢ac米兰官方网at can be placed or adhered directly onto vwin德赢ac米兰官方网e body. It can be applied to a wide range of fields like home care of elderly or physically challenged people, as “skin display” can ease and support access to information.
Professor Someya’s group and Dai Nippon Printing’s research team, have co-developed a mevwin德赢ac米兰官方网od for placing 384 small red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and stretchy wiring onto an ultra-vwin德赢ac米兰官方网in rubber sheet and succeeded in making a new type of “skin display.” It is only 1 millimeter vwin德赢ac米兰官方网ick. vwin德赢ac米兰官方网e visible portion of vwin德赢ac米兰官方网is “skin display” is quite flexible. It can stretch or shrink between 3.8-6.4 centimeters vertically, and between 5.8-9.6 centimeters horizontally.
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