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General => Lounge => Topic started by: 20thanniver-ls on March 15, 2009, 06:37:02 PM

Title: No More scratches!!!
Post by: 20thanniver-ls on March 15, 2009, 06:37:02 PM
Saw this when I was checkin my e-mail, seems pretty interesting.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090313/tc_nm/us_plastic_coating (http://"http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090313/tc_nm/us_plastic_coating")

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have developed a polyurethane coating that heals its own scratches when exposed to sunlight, offering the promise of scratch-free cars and other products, researchers said on Thursday.

"We developed a polymeric material that is able to repair itself by exposure to the sun," said Marek Urban of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, whose study appears in the journal Science.

Title: No More scratches!!!
Post by: mjbtbrd on March 15, 2009, 07:05:13 PM
That is cool.

I thought Billy Mays developed it though

https://www.asseenontvadvisor.com/buyfixit/index.asp?did=978&phone=&refcode=gFI1
Title: No More scratches!!!
Post by: 20thanniver-ls on March 15, 2009, 07:21:10 PM
I've actually never heard about it 'till now.
Title: No More scratches!!!
Post by: ~AC on March 15, 2009, 10:59:52 PM
thats cool, but i think what they're talking about is something like what that as seen on tv thing is, but a step further.  i wonder if they would start putting the material into clearcoat so if you get a scratch anywhere, just expose it to the sun and BAM! no scratches. ever.
Title: No More scratches!!!
Post by: mjbtbrd on March 16, 2009, 01:50:44 PM
I think what 20th is talking about could be real chemistry and innovation.  The other stuff is prolly just more  to buy on an infomercial.  I thought it funny since I had seen the ad a couple minutes before reading the post.
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