New polymer is transformed into buttons / vibro / speakers

Not very well-known company Strategic Polymers presented their achievements, a new polymer and devices based on it, which may be one of the most notable achievements of this year. The fact is that a substance created by a company can, if necessary, form a three-dimensional keyboard with a reverse response, vibro for a phone or even a speaker. And all this can be formed from a single layer of polymer deposited on a specific area of ​​a device.

The substance created by the efforts of the company's employees is a type of electromechanical polymers (EMP). When exposed to a thin layer of this substance, you can get the following:
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Warp: The polymer can turn into a key / keyboard with a button thickness of 3 mm with a reverse response. In this case, the guaranteed number of clicks (before the keyboard fails) is 10 million.

Vibration: at a certain frequency, the substance can vibrate, and the entire layer at once, rather than any particular part. But it can be done in such a way that, for example, a separate formed “button” will vibrate, thus creating a user feedback effect.

Sound: yes, it is possible to form a speaker from this EMP, capable of reproducing any sounds, including simple beeps and / or full-fledged melody playback.





At the same time, one layer of plastic can form both a keyboard, and a vibration, and a speaker. It all sounds a bit strange, but, according to the manufacturer, this is the case. At the same time, the prime cost of the polymer is very moderate, which will allow creating low-cost solutions for modern electronic devices.

Here is a video showing how the EMP works from Strategic Polymers (thanks to SteelRat ):



Via DVICE