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Color Sensing for Skin Diseases

Mazet Color Analysis
MAZeT GmbH (Erfurt, Germany) makes a multi-spectral color sensor that can be used (and may already be [MORE]

Filling the Extracellular Matrix for Younger Skin

Dermatologists at the University of Michigan have shown that injections of fibroblasts into the skin stimulate collagen production which [MORE]

“Happy face” Tattoo Sensor

Metabolic Tattoo Sensor
A doctoral student at the University of Toronto has developed a tiny ion-selective electrode sensor that sticks to [MORE]

Self-Healing Plastic Skin

Artificial Skin
For an artificial material to mimic human skin, it must be both electrically conductive to convey touch, and [MORE]

Machine-Made “Skin”

Tissue Engineering
Engineers and chemists at the University of Toronto have built a tissue culture device that can produce multiple [MORE]

Electronic “Skin”

Sensitive Skin
Thus far, robots haven’t had to worry about tactile allodynia—tenderness of the skin to touch.  But they may soon [MORE]

Smart Phone Otoscope

Otoscope iPhone
A California company, CellScope, has developed an attachment to the iPhone’s camera that functions as a digital [MORE]

Wireless Skin Patch Monitors

Electronic Skin Patch from the Rogers Lab
Researchers at the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign have developed an extremely thin, [MORE]

“MoleMate” Handheld Dermatology Device

Skin Diagram
Earlier this fall, the US FDA approved a hand held siascopy device, made by the Canadian firm MedX [MORE]