It’s easy to dismiss Silly Putty as a kid’s toy ... heart rate, and even a spider’s footsteps. In Jonathan Coleman’s research group at Trinity College Dublin, the scientist and his ...

Graphene-infused Silly Putty forms an electrical sensor that is sensitive enough to detect the gentle caresses of spider feet walking across it. Mixing graphene, or atom-thick sheets of carbon ...

and even spider steps. Trinity College physicist Jonathan Coleman, whose student had the idea to combine the two, found out that Silly Putty retains its bouncy and runny properties, leading to a ...