Graphene Silly Putty detects pitter-patter of spider footsteps
![scientist and son show Silly Putty and Silly Putty + graphene](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ticker_silly_putty_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SILLY SENSOR Scientists created a pressure sensor by mixing graphene into polysilicone, a stretchy, viscous goo, forming a gray putty, as shown by study coauthor Jonathan Coleman of Trinity College Dublin. Polysilicone is also found in the children’s toy Silly Putty, shown by Coleman’s son Oisin.
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