Triple-Shape Plastics for Surgery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday November 25, 2006 @09:48AM from the just-think-of-the-toy-possibilities dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In Plastics' Day in Surgery, Red Herring reports that an international team of U.S. and German researchers has developed a new kind of plastic that can shift between three different shapes when the temperature increases. Even if these polymeric triple-shape materials have not emerged from the lab, they could eventually be employed as removable 'stents' and self-closing fasteners used by surgeons and more generally by the healthcare industry. The Emerging Tech ZDNet blog has additional references and pictures of these morphing plastics."

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Re:For those of you who hate Roland Pipqualle... by LiquidCoooled · 2006-11-25 10:02 · Score: 3, Insightful

I looked at the original article - it was a bit bare.
Then I clicked on Rolands zdnet blog thing and it was full of information.
Why are people so against people using the web model for personal profit, especially considering how he adds information to the mix.
The parent comment wouldn't have a chance to supply so much info if Roland hadn't dug it up, give the guy some friggin' credit.

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