'Materials that compute' advances as engineers demonstrate pattern recognition
Sunday, September 4, 2016 - 14:21
in Physics & Chemistry
The potential to develop 'materials that compute' has taken another leap, after researchers for the first time have demonstrated that the material can be designed to recognize simple patterns. This responsive, hybrid material, powered by its own chemical reactions, could one day be integrated into clothing and used to monitor the human body, or developed as a skin for 'squishy' robots.