The bendable antenna consists of liquid metal injected into tiny channels within the silicon elastomer. The antenna can be deformed and snap back to its original shape. Credit: Ju-Hee So, North Carolina State UniversityFrom Live Science:
Tiny antennas that can bend, twist and stretch, before snapping back to their original shapes, could some day find themselves in flexible electronics and equipment that needs to be rolled up before deployment.
The shape-shifting antennas are still in the lab and the researchers from North Carolina State University are not sure when the invention would hit the market.
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