Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105737 "use rubber for every functional component (semiconductor, dielectric, interconnect) eliminating need for rigid conventional materials... skin-like, thin, sensory, stretchable electronic layer, including digital logic gates, that adhere intimately to human skin... integrates not only p-type (which has been done previously) but also n-type... stable even stretched up to 50%... medical/ health-monitoring, soft robotics and advanced human–machine interfaces (e.g., a smart, sensing glove)"

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-smart-rubber-tasks.html "slender rubber elements as mechanical bits assembled as metamaterial, by controlling interactions between individual bits... rubber computer acting as 2-bit binary counter whereby stretching metamaterial counts from "00" to "11", and back to "00" by releasing... pre-curved rubber beams as mechanical bits mediating interactions by connecting them, storing and processing information... more complex working 3-bit system performing 17 different simple calculations, replicating turnstile, combination lock, vending machine" Related: Engineers make tunable, shape-changing metamaterial inspired by vintage toys https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-tunable-metamaterial-vintage-toys.html

https://www.gatech.edu/news/2022/01/12/rubber-material-holds-key-long-lasting-safer-ev-batteries "All-solid-state batteries can dramatically increase the mileage and safety of electric vehicles... form a three-dimensional (3D) interconnected plastic crystal phase within the robust rubber matrix... high ionic conductivity, superior mechanical properties and electrochemical stability... generating robust and smooth interfaces on the surface of electrodes... prevent lithium dendrite growth and allow for faster moving ions, enabling reliable... even at room temperature" Related: Preparing a renewable route to rubber material https://phys.org/news/2023-04-renewable-route-rubber-material.html