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Self-Healing Rubber

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2008-02-27 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...Rubber That Can Repair Itself Flubber was pretty good stuff. The super-rubber of a 1961 Disney film starring Fred MacMurray (and of a 1997 remake starring Robin Williams) could literally make people jump through basketball hoops But could Flubber heal itself A new type of rubber developed by researchers in Paris can. When a rubberband made...
 
Tags: rubber, conventional, conventional rubber consists, supramolecular rubber, super-rubber, rubber-like behaviour, strong, strong covalent bonds, bonds
 
 
 
 
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Rubber With Heal Thyself Properties

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2008-02-22 20:53:42 by Michael in Medgadget
...rubber, plus the ability to naturally, and without any glue, to recombine itself back together if cut. A piece of normal rubber, says Dr Ludwik Leibler, who headed the research, is actually a single molecule with billion upon billions of smaller units chemically welded together to form a giant tangled network The elasticity comes from the...
 
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Rubber Surgical Gloves: Invented and Disinvented at Hopkins

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2008-01-16 19:26:50 by Michael in Medgadget
...rubber surgical gloves, and now the very same institution has instituted a moratorium on them. It was at Hopkins that immunologists Robert Hamilton, Ph.D., and Franklin Adkinson, M.D., conducted early key research related to the problems of natural rubber latex as an allergen. Furthermore, Brown points out, the nurses and other frontline...
 
Tags: hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, johns hopkins, latex, latex-safe policy, natural rubber latex, rubber surgical gloves, natural rubber, surgical gloves
 
 
 
 
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DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun

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2008-01-16 11:35:22 by Alan Parekh in Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog
...Rubber Band Gun takes the cake for well built rubber band guns! The build log and attention to detail is also second to none. The gun is amazing but the scenery sure helps, the creator is from Dunstable, England and the hills you see are the Dunstable Downs Forget the rubber band Gatling gun. The DISINTEGRATOR is the most incredible rubber...
 
Tags: rubber band, rubber band guns, gun, twin vulcan cannon, dunstable, disintegrator, gadgets forum, rounds, creator
 
 
 
 
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Self-Healing Rubber Sticks Back Together

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2008-02-22 16:00:27 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
...rubber substance that can stick back together with the same strength it had prior to being cut. The unnamed material is made in an earth-friendly manner from vegetable oil and urea (the stuff in urine that makes it delicious). Break a rubber and the chemical welds - known as covalent bonds - are also broken. The trick was to replace the...
 
Tags: rubber, rubber bounces, bonds, covalent bonds, artificial rubber substance, hands, chemical hands, word vagina, fresh surfaces
 
 
 
 
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Urine Rubber Can Be Cut in Half and Still Reform to Original Shape [Science]

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2008-02-20 23:20:08 by posted by Pantha in
...rubber compound that's made from fatty acids and a component of urine retains its shape to such a degree that it can be cut in half with a knife and then repair itself, retaining its original form. Imagine it: you break a plastic toy in half, only to have it seal itself back together, with the only downside being that your hands smell like...
 
Tags: rubber, rubber compound, half, cut, rubber ball, pee rubber, cut edges, stretch, plastic toy
 
 
 
 
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Urine Rubber Can Be Cut in Half and Still Reform to Original Shape [Science]

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2008-02-20 18:20:08 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...rubber compound that's made from fatty acids and a component of urine retains its shape to such a degree that it can be cut in half with a knife and then repair itself, retaining its original form. Imagine it: you break a plastic toy in half, only to have it seal itself back together, with the only downside being that your hands smell like...
 
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Smart Rubber Promises Self-Mending Products - Wolverine is obsolete

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2008-02-21 13:19:44 by HASH0x8c79afc in Newlaunches.com
 
...rubber that heals itself after being cut. As seen in the above video if the two broken ends are pushed together and left for an hour, they join and retain its original characteristics as they remain stretchy as before. 'Regular rubber gets its strength from the fact that long chains of polymer molecules are coupled, or "crosslinked," in three...
 
Tags: rubber, regular rubber, covalent, covalent bonds, bonds, yellowy-brown rubber, polymer molecules, molecules, french scientists
 
 
 
 
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R/C Rubber Duck

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2008-03-20 03:36:49 by posted by Pantha in
...rubber duck, using my hand and imagination to bring this little quack to water-based adventures. Fast forward to the 21st century and we have the R/C Rubber Duck that comes with a wireless RF transmitter, enabling this rubber duck move according to your whims and fancies in a tub - as long as the batteries are working, of course. It takes...
 
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The Rubber Duck goes 21st century

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2008-03-20 04:48:06 by Conner Flynn in SlipperyBrick