MIT Researchers Test New Sensor (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MIT Researchers Test New Sensor

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In the MIT laboratory, researchers tested the "sensing skin" by attaching it to the underside of a concrete beam, then applying enough force to cause tiny cracks to form in the beam under one patch of the skin.

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Simon Laflamme, MIT

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