Stretchable sensors, circuits and batteries are about to change our relationships with electronics and each other, explain Bryant Chu and colleagues.
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J.W.C. is from Samsung Electronics. Samsung is funding researchers, including B.C., W.B. and Z.B., to provide a roadmap for future development of elastic electronics. This article is based on the conclusions from that study.
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Chu, B., Burnett, W., Chung, J. et al. Bring on the bodyNET. Nature 549, 328–330 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/549328a
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