It’s already possible to make circuitry that flexes and can even roll up like a scroll. What’s not yet available are circuits that can conform to more-complicated surfaces, like robotic bodies and eyeball-shape cameras.
OVER THE HUMP. A circuit fabricated on a transparent, yellow-green plastic sheet and then shaped into a curve casts shadows on the flat surface below.
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