Oy vey, new polymer, press the phone to get rid of cracks, so tech, much sci-fi

Oy vey, new polymer, press the phone to get rid of cracks, so tech, much sci-fi

Lets go ahead and learn about the newest scientific marvel of technology. After all it is not like the object in question is a half sci-fi that will not become an available reality in the next ten years. Always better to stay ahead when it comes to unneccessary information! Anyway, a group of scientists from Tokyo have published a study in which they describe self-repairing smartphone screens. Japan scientists are working on phone screens that will be extremely easy to repair – all it will take to smooth any crack on the surface will be to apply some pressure onto the phone. Drop it, break it, squeeze it, fix it. These self-healing screens will be made from the material called polyether-thioureas. That miraculous polymer was discovered by accident, when scientists were working on a new type of glue. Yu Yanagisawa, spokesperson for the scientists, believes that the self-healing properties of this material will allow to drastically reduce the amount of waste produced by broken smartphones. His exact words are ”I hope the repairable glass becomes a new environment-friendly material that avoids the need to be thrown away if broken”.

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