Self-Healing Stretchable Wires which can be repaired easily when cut

[froggyboy604]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfAOEt1eNFU

This video depicts self-healing stretchable wires formed by embedding liquid metal alloy in microchannels composed of self-healing polymer. These stretchable wires can be completely severed with scissors and rapidly self-heal both mechanically and electrically at ambient conditions. By cutting the channels strategically, the pieces can be re-assembled in a different order to form complex microfluidic networks in 2D or 3D space. This work was done in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at NC State University and appears in the journal Advanced Materials.

Cool, now it is possible to easily repair cut wire by holding the two cut ends together, so they can self-repair rather then buying a new wire, or using a tool to re-attach them together.

I guest this may also mean that soon wiring our homes would be easier by just cuting wire, and holding the wire against another wire to attach them instead of using a screw driver, and other tools.

I wonder if this can mean self-repairing electronics, and computers are coming soon, so electronic stuff last longer then before.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

mind, blown.....