Electronic skin turns you into a digital display

摘要

Forget smartwatches. A super-thin electronic skin can turn the back of your hand into a digital display. Similar e-skins have been made before, but at just 3 micrometres thick this is the thinnest yet. It is also more durable. Made by Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo and his team, the e-skin can be laid over actual skin anywhere on the body. Looking like a layer of plastic food wrap, it is flexible enough not to break when you move. The display also works for longer than other devices, using LEDs that last for several days. The bright display works with less power than existing e-skins (Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501856).