Computer simulation shows how to make a crystal that would toggle like a light switch between conductive and non-conductive structures. This could lead to flexible electronic materials and, for instance, enable a cell phone to be woven into a shirt.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. Those instructions were once printed on punch cards that fed data to mainframe computers. Todayâs smart phones process more data, but they still werenât built for being shoved into back pockets.