Researchers at Michigan State University and the US Geological Survey Hammond Bay Biological Station are working on a smart electronic skin or e-skin that can autonomously detect the presence of a sea lamprey when the parasite attaches to the e-skin via suction.
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Picture: (Left) A suction cup, emulating the mouth of a sea lamprey, is used to test the e-skin response. (Right) The resulting e-skin response is comparable to typical lamprey suction pressure under fast current. Credit: Hongyang Shi (unpublished data)