Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest type of wearable sensors. The putty is essentially a polymer, and if combined ...

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As anyone who was ever a kid knows, silly putty is awesome. It bounces, it melts, and if you leave it on the carpet it gets stuck in there forever. Silly putty is a simple invention, made of boric ...

The material is sensitive enough to detect the human heart rate through the skin and even the tiny footsteps of spiders. Silly Putty is not just a kids’ toy, especially if you add graphene to it. The ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have combined nanomaterial graphene and the kid's toy Silly Putty, creating a sensor sensitive enough for a range of applications, including measuring spider ...

Silly Putty may no longer be silly, at least according to researchers at Trinity College Dublin. After adding graphene flakes to the novelty toy, the team discovered that it works as a pressure sensor ...

Graphene-infused Silly Putty forms an electrical sensor that is sensitive enough to detect the gentle caresses of spider feet walking across it. Mixing graphene, or atom-thick sheets of carbon, and ...

Here’s the word of the day: viscoelastic. It is a substance that seems solid but slowly drips into a puddle over time. The same substance if pulled quickly snaps and breaks. As part of continuing ...