Stretch your computer. (Yes, you can stretch the image too by clicking ;-).

Wired reports about a new technology: The secret is in the silicon: the stuff electronic components are made of. Although silicon is a rigid and brittle material, scientists have discovered that when it is made into ultra-thin ribbons and wires -- 100 nanometers, or one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair -- the silicon becomes bendable.

And whats next? The potential of "stretchy" circuits opens up a range of possible applications, including sensors placed in muscles and biological tissues, or wrapped around airplane wings.

Is it real? "There are a lot of people talking about wearable electronics, and also solar cells," Chang says. "If they become efficient and cheap enough you will buy them in home depot and put them up like wallpaper."

What means: "One day you may roll up your computer and toss it in your bag -- no more rugged titanium cases."