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Smart Rubber Promises Self-Mending Products
An anonymous reader writes "French scientists have developed a new rubber that can heal itself after being cut or broken. If two broken ends of the material are pushed together, and left for an hour, they join to become just as stretchy as before. There is even a video of the supposed creation in action. 'Regular rubber gets its strength from the fact that long chains of polymer molecules are coupled, or "crosslinked," in three different ways: through covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonding between molecules. Of these three bond types, only the hydrogen bonds can be remade once a material is fractured, although normally there are not enough hydrogen bonds for the rubber to re-couple in this way. The solution devised by Leibler and colleagues is to simply get rid of the ionic and covalent bonds. They developed a transparent, yellowy-brown rubber in which crosslinking is performed only by hydrogen bonds.'"
I can finally join the green revolution by reusing all those busted condoms from my over zealous love making sessions.
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask where they're goin' and hook up with 'em later.
Yeah, and Smart Rubber also promised it'd return my Criminal Minds Season 2 DVDs and stop eating all the Grape Nuts. And we know how well THAT panned out...
Sam! If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.
Millions of RealDoll owners rejoice.
You've been misinformed. You don't need a condom for masturbation.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Cindy, my air-filled life companion, will be relieved to hear of this development.
We have been plagued by punctures and tears for years. Neither of us have been satisfied with the make-do fix of duct tape and latex.
Thank you, science!
"The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
I don't think I can think about baseball for an hour while it repairs itself though...
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
This time so-called "scientific progress" has gone too far. This shameless disregard for ionic and covalent bonds is unnatural and degrading to us all. Ionic and covalent bonds play a crucial role in vital processes of nature. They are found everywhere, from humble table salt, to the very carbon rings that are the basis of all life.
And now arrogant man sees fit to sacrifice these noble bonds for what, I ask? For a "self-healing rubber" of all things? This is a travesty. I hope all people who love and cherish our universe and the laws of nature will boycott this abominable substance.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Bond, Hydrogen Bond.
This is so stupid.
Even if you did have a rubber that repaired itself, it still wouldn't really be sanitary to use it.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
So many condom jokes, so little actual sex...
There's some way to incorporate this material into roadways that don't develop potholes. You're tired of paying for them--in wear and tear on your car and in taxes.
-1 not first post
Might be a good defense against a girlfriend or wife who decides to go poking pinholes in your rubbers, though... ;)
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Amateurs! Just stick 'em to the wall or headboard when you're done. Then you don't even need to break the mood while you grab one. And nothing turns a woman on more than a row of used condoms flapping against her face during the act. Especially the ones that have been used enough that there's a distinct "thump" from dried remnants of past occasions. Nothing says you care about your lovers more than having them labeled and arranged in alphabetical order by name, either.
:)
Of course, this is Slashdot, so maybe putting your own name on them might make you look a little egotistic!
Microsoft has just released their much anticipated hands-free cordless mouse. Warning, it may hurt a little at first.
This is /. Static partners aren't a problem.
Microsoft has just released their much anticipated hands-free cordless mouse. Warning, it may hurt a little at first.
out the way! to hell with your mom! there's plenty of us to get to your kin (mom, sister, or brother (it is the 21st century)) before the rest of the team does!
Donald Ray Moore Jr. (mindrape)
Suspected Terrorist
If I understand the article correctly, this substance is actually quite sensible!
... is mind-boggling.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
Now I know: it only takes one slashdotter to take the fun out of sex.