New Materials

Stretch and Bend Physics





Japanese Tsuyoshi Sekitani and colleagues have produced a super-stretchy, rubbery material with excellent electronic properties. The innovation means electronic devices could be mounted anywhere, including on curved surfaces or in movable parts such as the joints of a robot's arm.

Here is the adult version of the story AND if you feel more like a kid you can read this version of the story. Either way, it is fabutastic! :-))