Sunday, February 22, 2009

Rubber Circuits


Electrical engineers and materials scientists have developed electronic circuits that can bend, extend, and even twist into a spiral. Their design features small electronic elements embedded in silicone rubber and connected by bridges that change shape to accommodate strain when the surrounding material stretches. “Strain is what kills electronics,” says Yonggang Huang, a Northwestern University engineer with the team that developed the circuits.

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