flexible material that generates electricity when stressed

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Think of the uses for this one...


A sample of piezoelectric rubber. Credit: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Researchers from Empa have developed a flexible material that generates electricity when stressed. In future, it might be used as a sensor, integrated into clothing or even implanted in the human body, for instance, to power a pacemaker.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-flexible-material-electricity-stressed.html#jCp