Oh I didn't know that. They actually used it to sense a spider walking, which is very hard to do but the sensor was sensitive enough to detect it. I actually heard this story on the radio a couple of weeks ago. I just linked the first article on the search engine.
A little trick on how to read the full WSJ article... google "Mix of Graphene With ‘Silly Putty’ Yields Extremely Sensitive Sensor" then click on the google link and viola... you've got the whole thing!
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mix-of-graphene-with-silly-putty-yields-extremely-sensitive-sensor-1481225043
[edit]First legit use of silly putty outside of a toy :-)
That's awesome! :)
What was that material used to sense? I don't subscribe to WSJ so I was unable to read the whole article.
Oh I didn't know that. They actually used it to sense a spider walking, which is very hard to do but the sensor was sensitive enough to detect it. I actually heard this story on the radio a couple of weeks ago. I just linked the first article on the search engine.
A little trick on how to read the full WSJ article... google "Mix of Graphene With ‘Silly Putty’ Yields Extremely Sensitive Sensor" then click on the google link and viola... you've got the whole thing!
Good to know, thanks for the tip @alexp