Japanese Scientists Develop World's First All Rubber Speaker

Posted on October 18, 2012

Scientists from Tokai Rubber have developed the world's first all rubber speaker, which uses flexible rubber touch sensors made from its Smart Rubber technology. These smart rubber sensors were originally designed for robots, such as the bear-like patient lifting robot, Riba-II. The all rubber speakers are made by sandwiching a piece of insulating non-conductive rubber between two rubber electrodes. The developers say their rubber speaker can produce low frequency sounds, which is something other thin speakers cannot do. The developers say they want to build the technology into chairs and other objects. Take a look:

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