All articles tagged with #flexible electronics
The Muxcard is a 1mm-thick, credit-card-sized computer that houses an ESP32-C3 microcontroller, a 1.54-inch flexible E Ink display, NFC, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, an IMU, and a tiny Li‑Po battery. Its bend-tolerant design and on-card integration push the boundaries of ultra-portable computing while highlighting durability and power challenges in flexible electronics.
The Verge profiles the GamePop GP-1 Playable Magazine System, a magazine cover embedded with a 180‑LED flexible display and capacitive touch sensors that lets readers play Tetris; designed by Kevin Bates for Red Bull Media House, about 1,000 copies were made (150 playable), it uses a thin flexible circuit with a rigid PCB housing, USB‑C charging, and durability tests to show a new, ultra-thin portable gaming concept, though it lacks modern gameplay features.
Researchers at Fudan University have created fully flexible fiber chips that embed complete electronic circuits inside hair-thin strands, forming fiber integrated circuits (FICs) with high transistor density capable of processing digital, analog, and neural-style computing; these fibers survive thousands of bending cycles, washing, and heat, enabling self-contained computing in smart textiles and wearables, with early scalable manufacturing and publication in Nature.
The article discusses the development of high-density soft bioelectronic fibers capable of multimodal sensing and stimulation, advancing neural interface technology and biomedical applications.
Scientists at Rice University have developed a new two-dimensional carbon material called monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC), which is eight times tougher than graphene due to its unique combination of crystalline and disordered regions, offering promising applications in flexible electronics and durable devices.
Researchers at the University of Vienna have made a breakthrough in enhancing the stretchability of graphene by rippling it like an accordion, which could lead to advances in flexible electronics. This discovery was facilitated by ultra-clean, air-free measurements that revealed the 'accordion effect,' where corrugations in the material significantly reduce the force needed to stretch it, overcoming previous contradictions about graphene's stiffness.
Researchers at the University of California, Merced, have developed a conductive polymer film that toughens up upon impact, similar to the behavior of "oobleck," a non-Newtonian fluid. The material, made by combining long spaghetti-like polymers with shorter molecules, deforms and stretches in response to impact without breaking apart. This "adaptive durability" could be applied to wearable electronics and flexible health monitoring devices, with potential for 3D printing compatibility.