If you have ever seen those plastic strips leading from the wheels of a semi-truck or tractor trailer and wondered what they were for, here's your answer.

And while they’re ostensibly just a strip of plastic, they can help prevent damage or accidents. Think of it as the lowest-tech safety monitoring system on the road today.

M ost vehicles have a thin, rubberized plastic strip extending under the front bumper, but not many drivers know what it is for. While it can sometimes let you know you've gotten too close to a ...

Just Like Human Skin, This Plastic Sheet Can Sense And Heal : All Tech Considered Human skin has properties that are hard to mimic, but a Stanford engineer is working to create a type of ...