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Non-Electric Touchpad takes Sensor Technology to Extreme Conditions

A light-coloured, silicone square touchpad with thin channels and connecting wires.
The pneumatic touchpad is made of soft silicone. It contains 32 channels, each only a few hundred micrometres wide, that adapt to touch. Pneumatic sensors can collect much data by touch.Photo: Jonne Renvall / Tampere University

Researchers at Tampere University have developed the world’s first soft touchpad that can sense the force, area and location of contact without electricity. The device utilises pneumatic channels, enabling its use in environments such as MRI machines and other conditions that are unsuitable for electronic devices. Soft devices like soft robots and rehabilitation aids could also benefit from this new technology.

Researchers at Tampere University have developed the world’s first soft touchpad that is able to sense the force, area and location of contact withou...

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