Imagine a rubber band that was capable of snapping itself many times over, or a small robot that could jump up a set of stairs propelled by nothing more than its own…
Tag: Material Science
Smart Tablecloth Can Find Fruit and Help With Watering the Plants
Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards, according to a study from Dartmouth College and Microsoft Research. The fabric, named Capacitivo, senses…
Producing leather-like materials from fungi
Leather is used as a durable and flexible material in many aspects of everyday life including furniture and clothing. Leather substitutes derived from fungi are considered to be an ethical and environmentally…
Deep learning algorithm to remove materials discovery bottleneck in emerging tech industries
Solid-state inorganic materials are critical to the growth and development of electric vehicle, cell phone, laptop battery and solar energy technologies. However, finding the ideal materials with the desired functions for these…
New electronic material for wearables and soft robots
Stretchable optoelectronic materials are essential for applications in wearable electronics, human–machine interfaces and soft robots. However, intrinsically stretchable optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting capacitors usually require high driving alternating voltages and excitation…