The novel rubber-like material developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers responds a bit like how grasshoppers jump by storing and releasing energy in their legs. Graphic showing how a cone slowly builds up in an elastomer film, then inverts to launch the film high into the air over the span of less than a second. Image credit: Hebner et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade1320. “In nature, a lot of adaptations like a grasshopper’s leg utilize...
