Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Skin-applied foil could give people a sense of "magnetoception"

The foil is reportedly not noticeable once applied to the skin (Photo: IFW Dresden)


How would you like to be able to sense magnetic fields? It could come in handy, given that some animals navigate and maintain their spatial orientation by doing so. Well, we've now come one step closer to humans having that ability, too. Scientists from Germany's Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, along with colleagues from the University of Tokyo and Osaka University, have developed a thin, flexible magnetoresistive sensory foil that can be applied to a person's own natural skin. .. Continue Reading Skin-applied foil could give people a sense of "magnetoception"



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from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://www.gizmag.com/magnetic-sensing-skin/35902/

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