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Metal Velcro

Posted by michael on from the rough-edges dept.

RotJ writes "British scientists have developed technology that can grow structures up to 2 millimetres high and 0.2 millimetres in diameter on metal surfaces. Dubbed Surfi-Sculpt, it 'will act like ultra-strong Velcro to form much tougher joints between metals and lightweight composite materials'."

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  1. Let me be the first to say... by Scorpion_1169 · · Score: 4, Funny

    OUCH!!! I really wouldnt want to accidentally sit on that stuff. Think cactus spines that refuse to come out.

  2. Mi5? (Re:Fast to create as well) by otisg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q is alive! Q is alive!

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  3. Re:Fast to create as well by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check the link I gave for a picture of an earlier version, Whitcomb Judson's clasp locker. Now I ask you, would you wear one of those on the crotch of your pants? Didn't think so!

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  4. Spiderman, Spiderman.... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does whatever a spider can,
    Bonds to lightweight
    Composites
    Or other metal
    Surfaces

    Watch out!
    Here comes the Spidermaaaaaan!

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