Possibly the next evolution in cyborgs??

***SOUL-DRIFTER*** · 10-24-2011, 04:44 PM

Pretty impressive the strides being made in various areas of science.
One small step closer to the real android...

A close-up view of the super-stretchy, transparent, highly sensitive skin-like sensor that Zhenan Bao, associate professor of chemical engineering, and Darren Lipomi, postdoctoral researcher in chemical engineering, developed at Stanford University with their colleagues. Credit: Steve Fyffe, Stanford News Service
Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You would certainly never need Botox.

Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor (w/ video)

**sagewillow** · 10-26-2011, 11:58 AM

Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor

Are we one step closer to humanoid robots???

**KellyD** · 10-26-2011, 12:18 PM

we already have humanoid robots.....but i see what you mean.
Japan’s latest humanoid robots are more realistic than ever | Daily Onigiri

**sagewillow** · 10-26-2011, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by KellyD

we already have humanoid robots.....but i see what you mean.
Japan’s latest humanoid robots are more realistic than ever | Daily Onigiri

Yeppers...but the cool thing I saw regarding this material is that it is sensitive to touch and retains it's shape more like real skin. I also see a future of artificial limbs moving more the Star Wars / A.I. direction.

**Eye Believe** · 10-26-2011, 12:45 PM

HMM. thats a kool invention though. BUT i dont see the point of a robot really.

**Richard_Louis** · 10-26-2011, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Eye Believe

HMM. thats a kool invention though. BUT i dont see the point of a robot really.

Robots will be able to help you in your everyday tasks.
Robots already help allot in the medical area, and in the making of your daily bought products.

**Heavenbound** · 10-26-2011, 03:03 PM

Eventually someone might be able to live forever, I although would pass on the offer. I would like to die someday.

**sagewillow** · 10-26-2011, 03:12 PM

I have a feeling that within my lifetime, I will see a cyborg created with the ability to replicate human thought and emotion to the extint that it's possible for them to become "aware".

Yes, I grew up curled up with Asimov, Anthony, Clarke and others who explored the possibility of conscienceness in synthetic brains.

I think if a combination of biotechnology and cybornetics are combined, we may stumble onto a way to spark life within a replicated humanoid creation.

I have a feeling it may come back to bite us in the ass but I think it's a growing pain any advanced civilisation has to overcome...and that is...the creation and management of artificial life.

**KellyD** · 10-26-2011, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by sagewillow

Yeppers...but the cool thing I saw regarding this material is that it is sensitive to touch and retains it's shape more like real skin. I also see a future of artificial limbs moving more the Star Wars / A.I. direction.

can you imagine what they could do if they combine these 2 technologies.