Media mention: Researchers engineer novel material capable of ‘thinking’
September 16, 2022
Where: The Independent, “Scientists discover material capable of ‘thinking”; Interesting Engineering, “In a first, scientists engineered a material that can 'think' and 'sense'”; New Scientist, “Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how you squish it”
Who: Ryan Harne, James F. Will Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
What: A project led by Ryan Harne, James F. Will Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently featured by multiple media outlets, including The Independent, Interesting Engineering and New Scientist. Harne, along with mechanical engineering doctoral student Charles El Helou and researchers from the U.S. Air Force, created an advanced material with integrated circuits capable of carrying out computer operations.
“We have created the first example of an engineering material that can simultaneously sense, think and act upon mechanical stress, without requiring additional circuits to process such signals,” said Harne in a story originally published on Penn State News.
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