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Researchers from Japanese company Asahi Kasei Fibers have developed what is claimed to be the world's first elastic electric cable. Inspired by the extensibility of human skin, the Roboden cable has been initially designed as a wiring solution for humanoid robots and wearable electronics. The stretchy cable could also find its way into personal electronics in the form of power cords or USB data cables.
Asahi Kasei Fibers is an Osaka-based company known for producing Spandex, a synthetic fabric featuring a high level of stretchiness. Basing on its Spandex-related experiences, the company found that a cable stretchable in the same way as human skin, by a factor of 1.5, is suitable to be utilized...
