This translucent fabric acts
as the skin of an experi-
mental camera- computer
combo that “feels” the
touch of hands in a novel
way—by converting their
shadows into information.
The Cornell University
scientists who developed
the mechanism, called
Shadow Sense, are trying
it out inside a soft, touch-
reactive robot.
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BY CYNTHIA
GORNEY
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
LYNN JOHNSON34