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Shore A durometer use for testing the hardness of flexible materials such as rubber and plastics.

A 型邵氏橡胶硬度计适用于橡胶。塑料及类似硬度材料的硬度测定。

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They have traditionally been made from rigid substances, not flexible materials, and this is a limiter on their potential use.

过去他们是由硬质物质制成的，不是柔性材料，这是对他们潜在用途的限制。

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Last month DARPA, the U.S. Defense Department's research agency, invited proposals from robotics experts to build a "chemical robot" made from soft, flexible materials and capable of squeezing through gaps smaller than its regular dimensions.

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These flexible, lightweight materials can be used as tents and similar structures that provide shelter and convert sunlight into electricity.

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While less efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than conventional silicon-based photovoltaic panels, the great promise was that CIGS cells could be produced cheaper and deposited on glass, flexible metal or other materials.

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