Remember those awesome pin art toys where you should press your hand (or face) into the pins to leaving an enduring impression? Researchers at MIT have taken the assumption one (or two) steps further with “GelSight,” a hunk of man-made rubber that creates an in depth computer visualized image of whatever surface you press it against. It really works as such: push the reflective side of the gummy against an object (they selected a chicken feather and a $20 bill) and the camera at the other end will capture a three-D image of the microscopic surface structure. Originally designed as robot “skin,” researchers realized the tool may well be utilized in applications from criminal forensics (think bullets and fingerprints) to dermatology. The Coke can-sized machine is so sensitive, it is able to capture surface subtleties as small as one by two micrometer in surface — finally solving the mystery of who stole the cookies from the cookie jar. (Hint: we all know it was you Velvet Sledgehammer ).
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