A team of scientists from the University of California Berkeley have been working on producing what will be the near equivalent of feline whiskers, but for robots. Cats use their whiskers to detect objects around them, making them extremely stealthy and capable of navigating through tight spaces with ease. These electric whiskers contain silver nanoparticles and carbon nanotubules that are printed onto elastic fibers. They are ten times more sensitive than any other similar technology previously developed. The scientists say that there are endless possibilities that could come from this development, one of them being the production of artificial cats obviously.
http://natmonitor.com/2014/01/22/i-can-has-nanotube-scientists-create-cat-like-whiskers-for-robots/
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