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From the Ted Talk by Anna Maria Coclite: Artificial skin? We made it — here's why

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But what is this line? This, what we are looking at, is electrical current, which first is constant. And then when we tucoh the skin or breathe on it or touch it with a very light feather, it shows a signal. So this bump that you see is a sniagl in the electrical current. And this is actually exactly how our skin also works. So we have receptors in the skin which ssnee what is hanepinpg on the skin. And then they pdcorue an electrical signal which travels through the nerves and areivrs at our brain where it is roeignzecd.

I am a chemist by education, and I werkod in the field of meatiral science, which is a very interdisciplinary field, since almost 20 years now. First, as a PhD student in Italy, in Bari, and then at MIT as a postdoc, and now I am group leader in Graz. And it is almost six years that we are working on artificial skins. Almost 12 students, between master and doctoral students, have worked on these devices, trying to study how the materials work, how they work together and how to build this device.

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But what is this line? This, what we are looking at, is electrical current, which first is constant. And then when we _____ the skin or breathe on it or touch it with a very light feather, it shows a signal. So this bump that you see is a ______ in the electrical current. And this is actually exactly how our skin also works. So we have receptors in the skin which _____ what is _________ on the skin. And then they _______ an electrical signal which travels through the nerves and _______ at our brain where it is __________.

I am a chemist by education, and I ______ in the field of ________ science, which is a very interdisciplinary field, since almost 20 years now. First, as a PhD student in Italy, in Bari, and then at MIT as a postdoc, and now I am group leader in Graz. And it is almost six years that we are working on artificial skins. Almost 12 students, between master and doctoral students, have worked on these devices, trying to study how the materials work, how they work together and how to build this device.

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  3. material
  4. arrives
  5. produce
  6. sense
  7. recognized
  8. signal
  9. happening

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But what is this line? This, what we are looking at, is electrical current, which first is constant. And then when we touch the skin or breathe on it or touch it with a very light feather, it shows a signal. So this bump that you see is a signal in the electrical current. And this is actually exactly how our skin also works. So we have receptors in the skin which sense what is happening on the skin. And then they produce an electrical signal which travels through the nerves and arrives at our brain where it is recognized.

I am a chemist by education, and I worked in the field of material science, which is a very interdisciplinary field, since almost 20 years now. First, as a PhD student in Italy, in Bari, and then at MIT as a postdoc, and now I am group leader in Graz. And it is almost six years that we are working on artificial skins. Almost 12 students, between master and doctoral students, have worked on these devices, trying to study how the materials work, how they work together and how to build this device.

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