http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/08/27/thing-of-the-week-pressure-sensor/ Exploring the Universe of Things Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:44:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/08/27/thing-of-the-week-pressure-sensor/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 dwhite Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:03:49 +0000 http://blog.thingiverse.com/?p=666#comment-1105 Really liked the pressure sensor... but have you seen QTC (Quantum Tunelling Composite)it's a "Smart Material" it has the unique ability to smoothly change from an electrical insulator to a metal-like conductor when placed under pressure. While in an unstressed state the QTC material is a near-perfect insulator; with any form of deformation the material starts to conduct and with sufficient pressure metallic conductivity levels can be achieved.... maybe it could be the next step in developing this device? Have a look here.. http://www.peratech.com/qtcmaterial.php Really liked the pressure sensor… but have you seen QTC (Quantum Tunelling Composite)it’s a “Smart Material” it has the unique ability to smoothly change from an electrical insulator to a metal-like conductor when placed under pressure. While in an unstressed state the QTC material is a near-perfect insulator; with any form of deformation the material starts to conduct and with sufficient pressure metallic conductivity levels can be achieved…. maybe it could be the next step in developing this device? Have a look here.. http://www.peratech.com/qtcmaterial.php

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