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• Go on, bend, punch and step on this transistor

  Japanese researchers have developed stretchable, tough electronics that could be incorporated into clothing, transforming wearable technology.

• Super-stretchable smart fabrics could enable new wearables

  Engineers in Japan are making conductive inks that can be stretched to the extreme, adding to research on smart fabrics by Google, NTT and other groups in one sign of the possible future direction of wearables.

• Japanese androids hold news conference, chat with baby droids

  If you find lifelike robots unnerving, try attending a news conference held by a pair of androids.