Nissan's new leather seats feel like human skin
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The leather upholstery of the new Infinity QX56 (Photo: Nissan)
Nissan's research findings on comfort. The upper half of the figure describes comfort in terms of the compressibility of a surface, while the bottom half does the same in terms of the roughness of a surface (Image: Nissan)
Nissan's new upholstery aims to replicate the texture and softness of human skin (Photo: Shutterstock)
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Nissan is working on a material for its car seats that will replicate the texture and softness of human skin. The project called Premium-fEEL interior concept (PEEL) has seen engineers carry out detailed studies of what provides the sense of touch with a comfortable sensation. They discovered that nothing matches the comfort and tranquility associated with the feel of human fingers against the body.
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