Stretchy Material Conducts Electricity

The boffins at the University of Tokyo have managed to develop a new kind of rubbery, stretchy material that boasts the latent ability to conduct electricity. When the material is attached to a grid of small transistors, it is able to be stretched up to 2.34 times the original size without adverse effects to the conductivity, reverting to its original form later. It would be interesting to see the material being used in practical applications such as flexible electronics as well as joints on a robot's arm.