Solar powered hand - the prosthetic that returns the sense of touch - #RAZOR
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RAZOR’s Emma Keeling travels to the University of Glasgow to meet Professor Ravinder Dahiya – the director of the Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies (BEST) unit. He and his engineers have created a solar-powered super-capacitor made of graphene that is capable of powering prosthetic hands.
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