Self-repairing plastics could lead to a scratch-free world
Plastic has be given Wolverine-like self-healing capabilities thanks to the work of Biswajit Ghost and Marek Urban, material scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi. The scientists have created a new polymer that can repair itself when scratched using UV light from the sun.
The new polymer is not yet ready to be released commercially, but when it is ready, we could see it used on cars, cell phones, iPods, sunglasses, and compact discs (if anyone still uses those). The possibilities are endless. Imagine a scratch-free world, where screen protectors need not exist!
[via Ars Technica]