To touch something is to understand it – emotionally and
cognitive. It´s one of our important six senses, which we use
and need in our daily lives. But accidents or illnesses can
disrupt us from our sense of touch Now European researchers of
the projects NanoBioTact and NanoBioTouch delve deep into the
mysteries of touch and have developed the first sensitive
artificial finger. The main scientific aims of the projects are
to radically improve understanding of the human mechano-
transduction system and tissue engineered nanobiosensors.
Therefore an international and multi disciplinary team of 13
scientific institutes, universities and companies put their
knowledge together. “There are many potential applications of
biometric tactile sensoring, for example in prosthetic limbs
where you´ve got neuro-coupling which allows the limb to sense
objects and also to feed back to the brain, to control the limb.
Another area would be in robotics where you might want the
capability to have sense the grip of objects, or inte