Stretchy silicon circuits for elastic electronics

[MinEgenKanal]

putting the electronics in the drivebelt(s) of a machine somehow.

Or tyres that glow orange. Wind screen wipers with built in heater, Flexible instrument panel on the wind screen...

[demofactory]

Flexible equates to durable I think. Hmmmm.

[ShriveledTadpole]

"floppy disk"

[drizztman101]

lol

[sspoke]

one technology would be compact lenses that you can put on ur eyes and have like a whole computer screen in your eyes the whole time!

[SplashySash]

it's funny how all the moronic viewers cant find in there tiny minds one of the myriad of applications for this technology.

[megamarsvin]

Yeah quite discouraging how uninformed people are.. There are a million uses for technology like this. Just think of the sex industry alone :D

[SplashySash]

hahahaha

[BloomingWithJoy1]

...what do I do with it?

feed it to my hamsters?

"New bendy chip thing!!! It's chewy!!!"

[Fallenvirtue]

Umm, imagine if you drop your cell phone, it will absorb the blow rather than cracking and breaking the circuits, seeing as how the circuits and casing could now be flexible, rather than stiff and breakable. Taken farther than 15%, and you could have virtually indestructable electronics.

[LizzyAston]

Seeing as you know how to use the word 'farther', please can you explain to me how to use 'whom'?

[megamarsvin]

Who is a subject pronoun; it is used as the subject of a verb. Whom is an object pronoun; it is never used as the subject of a verb.

- Who is doing that?

- I don't know to whom this belongs.

And actually farther is only correct when it applies to distance, further should be used for amounts.

Yeah I'm anal but at least I'm not a virtual cross-dresser ;)

[LizzyAston]

lol thanks a lot

[Fallenvirtue]

What he said. Minus the anal part. :P

[Bugstomper2]

They won't build them properly. They'll think, 'Hmmm, we can use 15% less material...', and then when you bend it a few times, it'll break, and won't work. Retail stores will demand that! Why would they want an indistructable cell-phone anyway?

[dragonamt]

@Bugstomper2 exactly, every cell phone I or anyone in my family has bought has been more fragile than the last. I am sure this is the same reason we haven't seen rubber metal in even high end electronics yet despite the fact it and a reasonably efficient manufacturing process for small circuitry has been around for what, 5 years? Imagine ear-buds that lasted longer than 2 weeks before the wires broke! I doubt we will see this technology outside the military for many years.

[Zanxyou]

i stick one finger in my axx... that shows mor sience than this video!

sorry but its true!

[Samjack69]

rubbish man

[mate2000]

They are going to invent electronic breast implants soon! Don't know what they'll do though.

[Chrisetterabu]

They'll play a jingle when you squeeze them.

[Amristar]

This is perfect for my new bat-suit. Ahhh, to the batcave!

[snugglish]

stupid video..

[Bugstomper2]

They won't build them properly. They'll think, 'Hmmm, we can use 15% less material...', and then when you bend it a few times, it'll break, and won't work. Retail stores will demand that!

[tyeporter]

Apply this tech to the new flexible thin screens and soon we'll have materials that can be applied to vehicles and buildings as skins - rolling advertisements and monitors.

Not to mention the application to clothing, soldiers in battle (camo and invisibility).

You can have a sheet of platic/rubber that's a TV screen/monitor on any surface indoors or out.

Hang several sheets of this material slightly offset in a row and you can have 3D TVs and movie screens!

[03cammd79]

thats one hell of a scientific break through! I mean, whatever next!?!

[yahushuamymassiach]

Can it... Can it conduct with my penis?

[gnamp]

no- that component is too small

[Flinchie]

How many times can it be distorted before it breaks?

[wowforrealman]

now we need silicone solder

[DamienZshadow]

wow, that's crazy cool and interesting...but...I take it the narrators were on vacation?

[tetranoob]

them narrators are on vacation often!

[cydwest]

Yeah, I really want to know more about this.

[hartnell114]

i dont getthe point :\

[Birdtrooper]

It implies that in the near future we'll have things like flexible technology that can be worn with the same malleability as fabric i.e. without sticking out or obstructing your movements etc but more importantly it means it's harder to damage the circuitry and it means it can be applied in a more versatile way e.g. shapes etc

[PolliFaxToaster]

that gives a while new meaning to circuit bending

[jerms88]

zing!

[DamienZshadow]

ba-dump-BISH!

[alias609]

i hate when people say they leave the first comment even though they haven't

[nobodycouldhavethis]

i hate it when people say they leave the first comment even when they have

[DamienZshadow]

I hate when people think it even matters.

[jerms88]

Then why reply? It's just irrelevance upon irrelevance...

[DamienZshadow]

exactly my point. I guess one could look at it as...sarcastic imitation?

[jerms88]

Ah, didn't see that you were posting a reply to a comment by nobodycouldhavethis. Anyway this whole youtube conversation has been a total waste of my time, so have a good day!

[gromann]

it could be interesting in application, however its doubtful 15% would be much of an application, the best thing would likely be for extreme conditions where temperatures can make materials heat and compact which could damage most boards

[teekeegod]

yeah, for now, but I bet they are working to make it more and more flexible.

[Kahzimir]

The video should have more info, but overall it's simple enough to let us know that some day we will be able to have flexible computers(thus more resistant to impact) and probably computers you can wear.