Stretchable Electronics to go on Electroactive Polymers

Arla Foods, the largest dairy products company in Europe, has been developing various smart packages including ones that have micropumps that suck down the plastic wrapping back on to cheese to preserve it in the home. Electroactive plastics change shape under the influence of an electric field and another potential application of them would be to make the package of expired food change in texture to warn the partially sighted user.