NEW MATERIALS
SELF SETTING RUBBER
The same scientific research that has led to super-high performance materials over the years is now focusing on super-flexible, super-adaptable materials, including substances that repair themselves.
Self-Setting Rubber
Jane Nì Dhulchaointigh, Sugru
United Kingdom, 2003
A patented silicone rubber that can be shaped. It is self-adhesive and self-polymerizing, developed to repair things but also to make it possible to alter the form of objects, so that everyone can adapt them to personal needs or improve their characteristics. Once it sets, the rubber can stand up even to extreme environmental conditions, from the dishwasher to the Antarctic. Sugru is the Gaelic word for “play”.
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