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August 08, 2008

Electric rubber? How shocking

Japanese researchers have produced a form of rubbery polymer that’s an electrical conductor rather than an insulator.

The stuff, made from carbon nanotubes, bends and flexes like real rubber.

Among possible applications? Wiring for joints in limb replacements, as well as various consumer electronics.

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