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Metal Velcro

Posted by michael on Saturday May 15, 2004 @04:44AM 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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Re:Other applications? by xmda · 2004-05-15 05:18 · Score: 5, Informative

Did you read the article:

The projections could be used to encourage bone to grow onto artificial hips. They could also be used in electronics to produce heat sinks of just about any shape.