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Smart rubber promises self-mending products

A new type of rubber can heal itself after being cut http://www.newscientist.com... Footage: Francois Tournilhac/Ludwik Leibler  
 
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maxjovine (2 months ago) Show Hide
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thats UHU
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crunchycar (5 months ago) Show Hide
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well it wouldnt help if it healed it one hour after your condom snapped
tuvoca (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Wouldn't this be nice in tires?
xtremestunt (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Definately.
KevinSilentControl (4 months ago) Show Hide
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in tires the pieces won't come back together like showed in this vid. so i don't think so.. but would be pretty awesome is it works :D
dinmagic (8 months ago) Show Hide
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"Why did the bug the on bottom right appeared, why does it look like its going fast motion...its fake!"
Not to be mean but comments like that are just annoying. Its better to read the history of this material and to just spray out random stuff claiming that it is a fake.
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nice, i trust new scientist, i used to read it a lot.
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cool! now we can make self-repairing legos! XD
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i wondered where i'ed left my chewing gum!

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